"It is difficult to make a prediction regarding a process that completely depends on the whims of Aliyev and Erdogan, the degree of flexibility and willingness of Nikol to obey or submit to it at that moment," RPA Vice President Armen Ashotyan, who is under house arrest, told reporters after the court session.
Answering the question: can there be a change of power in Armenia in 2025, he answered. "A change of power in Armenia can happen every day.
"Unfortunately, when it will happen depends not so much on the Armenian people, who don't seem to want to take their fate into their own hands, but on the forces playing Nikol Pashinyan from outside."
Regarding the report of the Council of Europe's Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) and the question of why they started noticing Nikol Pashinyan's mistakes, A. Ashotyan said:
"Don't believe the cards of the West, their suits. The West is playing with both hands: it praises Nikol in the public arena, gives a shout, throws the dice against the Russians, and from below, at all expert levels, the reports of the US State Department, PACE co-reporters, Freedom House, write that Nikol is a communist, outwardly they say, "Pupush" That is the rule of their game. I don't consider it a yellow card."
