Former Armenian Defense Minister Karapetyan spoke about the fear of ordinary citizens of the country

Ordinary citizens and representatives of the opposition in Armenia face serious political pressure from the authorities. This was stated on June 6 in an interview with RT by the former Minister of Defense of the Republic Arshak Karapetyan.

"Unfortunately, we have very strong political pressure not only on the opposition, but also on the average citizen. He's afraid, he's just afraid," he stressed.

Karapetyan also drew attention to the appearance of the current authorities and compared them with how they looked in 2018.

"And you will understand everything," he added.

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