Young Activist Rises To Forefront Of Yerevan Protests

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Vaghinak Shushanian celebrated his 24th birthday this week among thousands of fellow protesters fighting rising electricity prices in Armenia. Shushanian is already a veteran activist who advocates for change on a wide range of social causes, and has emerged as one of the leaders of the movement called "No to Plunder." (Karine Simonian, RFE/RL's Armenian Service)