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25.6.15

Tech-Savvy Armenian Trio Leads 'Collective Brain' In Rate-Hike Protest

Pete Baumgartner
Harry Tamrazian

The demonstrators thronging the Armenian capital to protest against corruption and an electricity rate hike have made headlines both for their determination and for a nearly invisible leadership that relies on asking "the people" to make key decisions.
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When thousands of people marched on Yerevan's central Marshal Bagramian Avenue on June 22, upset at the government's decision to increase the cost of electricity, people wondered who had organized and was leading the demonstration.