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Armenia: Government U-Turn

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Armenia, Georgia, Politics, Protest

Unzipped comments on news that the Armenian government has backed down in its attempts to prevent a congress by supporters of the former president and radical opposition leader from being staged [1] in the capital, Yerevan. The u-turn happened after the organizers of the congress instead looked to Tbilisi, capital of the neighboring Republic of Georgia, as a possible alternative location for the meeting.