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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan condemned what he said was an attempted coup after the army demanded he quit on Thursday, and told a rally of thousands of supporters that only the people could decide his future.
The army’s demand, in a written statement, plunged the impoverished former Soviet republic of less than three million into a new political crisis, just months after ethnic Armenian forces lost a war and territory to Azerbaijan.
Russia, which is traditionally a close ally and has a military base in Armenia, said it was alarmed by events. Moscow called it a domestic matter that Armenia should resolve peacefully and within the constitution.