
If His Holiness Is Subjected to Such a Fate, Any One of Us Must Be Prepared to Face the Same, Says Davit Ananyan
Publication Date 01.08.2026

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is escalating Armenian-Russian relations, but that does not necessarily mean he is pursuing an anti-Russian policy. It is possible that this is part of a coordinated strategy. If that is not the case, then he may be overestimating his own political importance. This was stated by Davit Ananyan, a member of the Governing Council of the "Wings of Unity" Party, during an interview on Armat Media TV.
Speaking about recent domestic political developments and the changes in Pashinyan’s governing style, Davit Ananyan noted that before the 2020 war, government members would not even stand up when the prime minister entered the room.
“A government that came to power on the wave of the revolution and enjoyed the people’s trust, even if it was not democratic internally, was at least obliged to appear more democratic. There was indeed debate within the government. Of course, as an individual, he already had the personality traits that are evident today, but what has now become so apparent—the ‘shirt of Louis XIV’ that he has put on—was not there at the time, because it was the people themselves who put that ‘shirt’ on him,” Ananyan said.
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