After Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenians vote for peace over nationalism | Elections | Al Jazeera

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, campaigning with concerts, won 49.8 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections, retaining a majority. His victory is seen as a test of his handling of the loss of Nagorno-Karabakh and his push to steer the country away from Russian influence. Despite Russian meddling, Armenians backed his vision of a country less defined by conflict and open to a new direction.