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At least 20,000 supporters of Armenia opposition candidate Robert Kocharyan pack a central square in the capital Yerevan, ahead of snap parliamentary polls this weekend. Supporters of Pashinyan's main rival, including decorated war veterans, gather in the capital's Republic Square waving flags and chanting "Kocharyan!". IMAGES
Supporters of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' New Democracy party blare air horns at the party's main electoral kiosk in Athens as exit polls show the party to be on course to win Sunday's election. His New Democracy party is projected to have obtained 36 to 40 percent of the votes -- well ahead of leftist challenger Alexis Tsipras' Syriza party, which is expected to have secured 25 to 29 percent of the ballot - but could be forced to call a second round of votes as it failed to garner enough support to rule alone. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Sochi ahead of trilateral talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev a month after the worst clashes between the two countries since their war in 2020. Moscow is seeking to reassert its role as a key powerbroker between the Caucasus arch-foes amid the growing Western engagement in the region, where Russia -- distracted by its war in Ukraine -- is visibly losing influence after decades of domination. IMAGES
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan celebrates with his supporters after scoring a decisive victory in snap parliamentary elections, bolstering his rule after months of discontent and protests following a military defeat to Azerbaijan IMAGES
Yerevan, Jun 20 (EFE/EPA).- Armenians headed to the polls on Sunday for early parliamentary election in which candidates Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and former President Robert Kocharyan are considered the favorites. The early parliamentary election caused by a political crisis in the country after defeat in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. (Camera: NAREK ALEKSANYAN). SHOT LIST: VOTERS AT A POLLING STATION IN YEREVAN, ARMENIA.
Around 20,000 supporters of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan pack a central square in the capital Yerevan as he stages the last campaign rally ahead of snap polls, according to AFP journalists at the scene. IMAGES