Mostly political,if I may say. Strategic and tactical too,but mostly political.
Oh no,they knew that. They just couldn't do much. How much support could they get from the diaspora? They had made some good steps in the 2010s,buying modern equipment like the Iskander and very very few Tor-M2 as well as other stuff. All that before Pashinyan of course.
At this point,I have to tell you that throughout most of the small skirmishes and conflicts from the 2000s to 2019,the Armenians usually had the upper hand and showed great tactical skill.
Hah,but here's the thing. Pashinyan was basically not "elected",but I know what you mean,he came to power anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Armenian_revolution
After the war,when evidence started coming out about his agenda,people demanded elections. He won the elections with massive fraud. I don't know if you've checked my thread about the whole thing,but I posted screenshots from the election fraud and meddling.
As for the Russians,yes it was a bit natural for Armenians to get angry at them,because for example...we too got angry at them and other Orthodox countries. Now,Armenians aren't Eastern Orthodox like Greeks/Serbs/Bulgarians/Romanians/Georgians/Russians etc. they are Oriental Orthodox. But still,we were shocked when we saw Azeris advancing and Russians doing nothing. Because most of us considered it an outrage,that the strongest Orthodox Christian country,which for years was friendly to Armos,did nothing to help them. And especially when videos of Azeris destroying crosses,churches,monuments,started coming out...we were all like "Oh so this is Putin,huh? This is the guy who's supposed to protect Orthodox Christians,huh?"
No. I disagree. They're not like that at all. These "neoliberals" who got to power,started acting like dictators. And they have a loyal fanbase of dumb people. Like in every country,there's someone who supports the worst government no matter what happens.
Their problem is,that they were already weak,but now after the war,things are still weird. There's no clear implementation of the agreement,the Russians are sometimes on their side and sometimes on the Azeri side,Pashinyan's trying to open the country to Turkish trade,things are too weird yet. I don't know what to say. But they're not like Ukraine.