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Regardless of who wins these elections, democracy will be the biggest loser and democratic reforms will be curtailed.
From: Inside Story
Will elections end the crisis in Armenia?
Armenians are set to go to the polls in a snap general election overshadowed by last year’s Nagorno-Karabakh war.
19 Jun 2021
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