Armenia in political crisis over PM's comments on Russian missiles Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan finds himself in trouble, with military leaders calling for his resignation. He, in turn, has claimed they are trying to oust him in a coup. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's star has been falling for months, and calls for his resignation have only grown It has been three months since Armenia's defeat to Azerbaijan in the conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. The country remains politically unstable, and now high-ranking military figures such as Onik Gasparyan, chief of the armed forces general staff, are calling for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign.