YEREVAN. – Zhoghovurd daily of Armenia writes: The closer the March 31 presidential and parliamentary elections in Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] get, the passions are running high there that much more.

And against this background, they are convinced inside Artsakh that the presidential election will not end in the first round, and former NKR Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan and [serving] Foreign Minister Masis Mayilian—whose backer is Artsakh hero [and ex-defense minister] Samvel Babayan—will fight against each other already in the second round.