Armenia’s Pro-Europe PM Claims Election Victory Despite Russian Pressure

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau ChiefYEREVAN/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed victory Monday after parliamentary elections seen as a key test of Russia’s influence in the South Caucasus nation and one of the world’s oldest Christian countries.Official results showed Pashinyan’s pro-European Civil Contract party winning 49.81 percent of the vote, securing a slim parliamentary majority that is expected to allow him to continue governing wit