Armenians confident after Pashinyan wins snap vote by landslide Armenians hope for the best after acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections, cementing his authority months after sweeping to power in a peaceful revolution. Pashinyan, a 43-year-old former journalist, has pledged to root out endemic corruption and address widespread poverty in the impoverished, landlocked ex-Soviet republic of three million people. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES