Als seus 22 anys, ben plantat i aparentment bastant simpàtic, Nigoyan havia esdevingut un habitual a l'escenari de les protestes de Kíev. Fins i tot va protagonitzar una documental inacabat.
Twenty-years-old, handsome, and apparently quite friendly, Nigoyan had become a fixture of Kiev’s protest scenery, even starring in an unfinished film documentary.