Unarmed soldiers join anti-government protests in Armenia

[G-Man]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-armenia-politics-protests-army/unarmed-soldiers-join-anti-government-protests-in-armenia-idUSKBN1HU15U?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5addc74504d3014ac94e325b&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

YEREVAN (Reuters) - A large group of unarmed Armenian soldiers joined anti-government protests in the capital Yerevan on Monday in a development the Armenian military said was illegal and would be harshly punished. The move, likely to deepen the country’s biggest political crisis in a decade, follows days of street protests against Serzh Sarksyan, the newly-appointed prime minister whom protesters accuse of clinging to power.
Before being appointed prime minister, Sarksyan, 63, did a 10-year stint as president. Under a constitutional change, most state powers are now invested in his new role. The protests, though peaceful so far, threaten to destabilize a key Russian ally in a volatile region riven by a long low level conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan and would, if successful, be a rare example of people power delivering reform in the former Soviet Union.

[karimatrix]

As long as it's a true self sustained and willful decision of populance, something that keeps away nationalistic opportunists or foreign pupeeters i am only jealous for willpower and discipline this people to abstain from ineeficient violence and act up for better change. Good luck to those people, hope for resolution that satisfy their request.

[Clovis]

Yes, I'd say so, although I'm a bit worried about it being in Russia's sphere of influence. What with South Ossetia and Chechnya, they're next in line.