ArmInfo. Of course, the results  of the parliamentary elections held in Armenia were predictable. The  President of the Scientific Society of Caucasus Studies declared this  on December 10 at a press conference, an expert of the Institute for  World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of  Sciences named after E.M. Primakov Alexander Krilov.

He noted that according to preliminary experts' forecasts, it was  expected that Pashinyan's bloc would get 70% of the votes, the second  would be Gagik Tsarukyan's party, and mostly there were disagreements  about who would take 3rd and 4th places. "It was of course unexpected  that representatives of the Republican Party of Armenia and Sasna  Tsrer did not go to the parliament. As we see, the country has a  tendency to change the political elite, new parties and young  politicians have appeared", the expert noted.

As for the turnout, Krilov said that she was not so low. "There was a  lot of talk about the low turnout indicating Pashinyan's low support,  but as we can see, this isn't so.

The expert said that now the main agenda will not be internal  political contradictions, but reforms in the socio-economic field.  "Anyway, the period of dual power has ended in Armenia. Now  representatives of both legislative and executive authorities are  members of the same political force. Today, the main issue is not the  obtaining, but the realization of power. This is a much more  complicated issue. Of course, there will be a personnel revolution in  the country, and reforms will be carried out in the socio-economic  field", concluded Krilov.

In turn, Andrey Areshev, a senior researcher at the Center for the  Study of the Caucasus at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the  Russian Academy of Sciences, said that Armenia faces a number of  foreign policy challenges, and, according to the expert, economic  reforms will also be needed in the country. "Among the foreign policy  challenges there is not only the Karabakh issue, but the strength of  Armenia's relations with Iran will be tested," Areshev said.

Areshev, as well as Krilov, considered that earlier turnout data were  overstated, and the current figures are not so bad.