The Guardian: 'We took down a powerful man': Armenians mark victory and genocide
Euphoria fades towards reflection about 1915 and the future a day after protests forced Serzh Sargsyan from office
Despite the political hurdles looming, the afterglow from Armenia’s peaceful revolution has not worn off just yet.
On Tuesday, the morning after Serzh Sargsyan’s resignation, Maral Aznauryan, 15, skipped toward the capital Yerevan’s central square with the red, blue and orange Armenian flag draped over her shoulders.
“I couldn’t sleep all night, I was just yelling, crying,” she said. “My brother, my parents, we were all together in this.”
Hours later she would be joined by tens of thousands, marching in a column in remembrance of the victims of the Armenian genocide. This year’s annual day of mourning, said some, would now also mark a milestone in the country’s political progress.
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Armenia ponders life without strongman Sargsyan -- Politico.eu
Armenians Remember The 1915 Genocide
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Political Foes in Armenia Mark Massacre by Ottoman Turks -- VOA
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Trump again declines to describe mass killings of Armenians as genocide -- The Hill
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