A year on, revolutionary hopes endure for Armenians "I am now a free citizen of a free country, I can freely express my political views", says Ruben Aidinyan, 66, standing in Yerevan's Republic Square -- the epicentre of mass protests that last year swept Armenia's corrupt elites from power. Protest leader Nikol Pashinyan was elected Prime minister last May, promising democratic and economic reforms in the impoverished Caucasus country of some three million people. After a year in office he says that he will leave it "after free, democratic and competitive elections are held". IMAGES of Yerevan and Nikol Pashinyan and SOUNDBITES from Nikol Pashinyan and Armenians.