Putin squirms as Armenian PM hails importance of democracy during meeting

Armenia's prime minister made Russian despot Vladimir Putin squirm in his seat by extolling the virtues of democracy and social media freedom to his face at a Kremlin meeting.In an extraordinary sequence, the Russian dictator - famed for rigging elections and blocking the internet - scratched and fidgeted during a lecture from a smirking Armenian premier Nikol Pashinyan.A deeply uncomfortable Putin, 73, was made to listen to the former street protester and political prisoner extol the virtues of open democracy in his ex-Soviet state.