Singer-songwriter Ruben Hakhverdyan took the microphone and told the throngs attending the rally in Freedom Square “that the people have instinctively assembled to rid themselves of the regime, of these wolves.”

Hakhverdyan mocked Serzh Sargsyan, his brother “Sashik”, and the other leaders of the regime, declaring that “he couldn’t give a rat’s ass what they thought.”

“When we all gathered together, my hope towards the future was reborn,” Hakhverdyan told the crowd.