FILE PHOTO: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his supporters march during a rally in Yerevan, Armenia February 25, 2021. Stepan Poghosyan/Photolure via REUTERS
YEREVAN (Reuters) - A group of Armenian protesters barged into a government building in the capital chanting for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to quit, ahead of rival street rallies expected later on Monday, the RIA news agency reported.
Pashinyan, in power since 2018 in the ex-Soviet republic of less than 3 million people, is facing a crisis after the army last week demanded he step down, prompting him to decry a coup attempt and sack the army's top general.
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