April 20, 2026
Nikol Pashinyan’s efforts to organize a motorcade from Yerevan, to detain people and thereby create the impression of a crowd at the “Varchabend” concert in Gyumri’s Vardanants Square, failed in such a way that the sound of the already shamefully failed Pashinyan concert in the evening is probably still heard in the ears of Sarik Minasyan, the CP candidate who lost in the Gyumri council elections, and Shirak governor Davit Arushanyan, on whose shoulders it was placed. The “sacred duty” to ensure the fullness of Vardanants Square.
168.amAccording to reports, Nikol Pashinyan fell into such convulsions from the half-empty appearance of Vardanants Square that it cost Sarik Minasyan a loss of balance and, as a result, on the social network rude behavior, for which he has already apologized.
And no matter how much the CP ladies and men published close-up photos from their convenient ruckuses, no matter how much the entire administrative resource was filled in Gyumri, especially the highly “literate” Shirak, who considers Shirak to be one of the most beautiful cities in Armenia, for example, with the governor of Armavir, no matter how much Defense Minister Suren Papikyan, who left the business, published heart-warming pictures from the square, no matter how well-known singers sang from the stage, the reality did not change. Vardanants Square remained half-empty. Aram MP3, of course, is a talented artist and many people love him, but the people of Gyumri didn’t even leave their homes to listen to him, it was so unpleasant for them to see Nikol Pashinyan and the CP members.
According to our information, the number of people was less than during the final rally of the CP during the Gyumri council elections.
Gyumri once again rejected Pashinyan, and this is the reality. Gyumri does not forgive Pashinyan’s encroachments on either its faith or its decisions.
It is noteworthy that the “Union of Informed Citizens” did not publish the number of listeners of the Varchaband concert in Vardanants Square, counting the number of cars in the motorcade (according to the CP members: 1230 cars, but perhaps they also attributed to their motorcade just the cars of those going to Gyumri – A.V.).
It is noteworthy that a day before the concert, the people of Gyumri warned each other on social networks not to leave the house, the shar is coming to the hometown. In fact, there is a culture of listening to each other in Gyumri.
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