not in the morning here good morning to russia around the world live from moscow this is art international with me kevin i know it and the folks in 1st this friday and events in armenia over the last 24 hours or so it s a country in turmoil this morning as the opposition there and military chiefs of called on the prime minister to step down and rejected his offer of snap elections hundreds of the prime ministers opponents come to overnight side the parliament building there are reportedly being encouraged by opposition leaders to stay the 247. vote to remove him but he says monitoring the area there s been no serious clashes reported thus far let s get up to speed let s go there are constantine rose course reporting from the scene of one of those camps there bit noisier than last year i can hear beyond what s going on this morning as year of the whole country wakes up to a brand new day but a lot of uncertainty ahead. well good morning to you kevin you know right now the situ
but i welcome at 7 pm here in moscow you re watching our international must stop with those developments in armenia because the opposition is continuing to hold a mass rally in the capital. they ve marched to the presidential residence where the opposition is meeting the president they want him to intervene in the up a vote sparked by the prime minister passion and firing the armed forces chief saying that he was part of an attempted coup when the march began outside the parliament building where hundreds of camp david night and they say to stay there 247 until and pays vote on whether to remove paasschen yann from office. has been at the scene since early morning. right now we re standing in front of the nation s parliament which became the average center of the current political crisis in armenia there is heavy police presence in the area officers basically cordoned off the parliament building in. those in right now they are changing and those police officers in the front r
this is our national you are very welcome thanks for choosing us today well let s start off with the natives developments in the south caucasus the opposition in armenia is remaining. in the center of the capital opponents of the prime minister are currently counted out for a 2nd night in front of the parliament building in yerevan now they ve run out to stay there until the cold resigns auntie s constantine rushkoff is that for us. the biggest news of the last couple of hours in armenia is the outcome of the meeting between the opposition leaders and the country s president now why this meeting is so important well for one there is a pretty intense standoff between the armenian political leader prime minister nicola pasha now and he s top military command army generals called on pashtun to resign accusing him of being incompetent the prime minister fired back and he was a military in an attempted coup that s a story that s been playing out since yesterday now partially now w
frontline workers. this is r t the weekend i m kevin owen here with a recap of some of the biggest stories of the last 7 days and most making the news right now that it is now by the way a one in the afternoon moscow time so the top story today is armenia s political crisis escalating further after the president rejected sacking the country s top general on the prime minister s request setting the stage then for a constitutional showdown as crowds in the capital continue to demand the pm quits thousands of opposition protesters took to the streets of your of for a 3rd day calling for the resignation of recalled. they re angry at his handling of last year s war with those opposed which many saw as ending in humiliating defeat the fresh protests which have continued on and off most since the war ended in. erupted again on thursday when defied a call by the military to resign and instead accuse the army of an attempted coup is a quick recap of how the situations deteriorated the
watching the weekly here on our team for national recap of the biggest stories from the past 7 days thanks for joining us. a constitutional showdown is on the cards in armenia after the president rejected an order by the prime minister to sack the country s top general it comes as crowds in the capital continue to demand the pm quits thousands took to the streets of iran for a 3rd day calling for the resignation of the coal. are angry at his handling of last year s war with al gore by john which many of you as a humiliating defeat for the country although protests have been on and off since the war and they didn t know who demonstrations are ruptured on thursday and passion defied a call by the military to resign and accuse the army of a coup attempt here s how the situation has unfolded. no longer able to make adequate decisions in this fateful and critical situation for the armenian people given the current situation the own forces of armenia demand the resignation of the p