presidential elections,
the extradition of a huge section of Armenia's economy to Russia for a low,
sometimes symbolic, price, and the continual looting of the state treasury.

But if until
recently Armenia’s democratic society has had no hope of a regime change in the
country, now, in the light of economic and geopolitical weakening of the Serzh Sargsyan's
main sponsor Kremlin, such hopes are beginning to revive. The opposition,
supported by the civil society, will try to change the government for the first
time in the history of Armenia and to establish a democratic regime. In this
regard, the situation has a number of similarities with that of Ukraine, and
the current president of Armenia resembles President Yanukovych, the former
ruler of Ukraine. Serzh Sargsyan enjoys the support of only 7–8% of the population
and is widely mistrusted by theas follows: Kazakhstan – 14th, Russia – 15th, Belarus – 56th, Kyrgyzstan – 99th. Neighboring Georgia is placed 85th, Azerbaijan is 72nd, Turkey is 40th and Iran is 113th. The research shows that the deaths caused by cancer are in no way related to the level of development of the country or the weather conditions. The United States is ranked 43rd in the list, while France and Germany are placed 22nd and 41st.

In
Armenia’s post-independence period, debt-for-asset swaps, many of which
were negotiated personally by now-President Serzh Sargsyan, turned over
critical assets to Russian SOEs in exchange for debt relief. Many top
Armenian government officials, not to mention the Armenian public, were
left in the dark as these backroom deals were executed. Since,
Russian companies have used various tactics, including debt-for-asset
swaps, or the offer