240 protesters were detained in Yerevan

In Yerevan, the police dispersed the protest against raising electricity tariffs. 237 people were delivered to the police plots, reports News-Armenia with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Seven participants in the action applied for medical help, three were taken to the hospital. 11 police officers were injured and injured.

Since June 19, the participants in the action held a three -day sedentary demonstration on Freedom Square. They demanded to revise the increase in electricity prices by almost 17 percent, which should enter into force on August. On Monday, the protesters moved to the residence of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. The police did not miss them, and then the protesters blocked the central highway of Yerevan - Bagramyan Avenue.

The police demanded that the promotion participants disperse. After the refusal, the police applied vodtetes. According to Radio Azatutyun, police officers and people in civilian clothes attacked media representatives illuminating events. The radio station was broken by a video camera, and then a smartphone, which he continued to shoot.

Later, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported that a criminal case was opened under part 1 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (hooliganism). The prosecutor’s office believes that the protesters “conducted an illegal rally, march and a sedentary strike on Bagramyan Avenue in the center of Yerevan, completely blocked the movement of public transport, violated the rest of numerous citizens to free movement, thereby deliberately violating public order”.

To conduct a preliminary investigation, the case was sent to the Investigative Committee of Armenia. A number of examinations have been appointed. More than 40 people have been interrogated, interrogations continue.

In 2013, after the negotiations of Sargsyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Armenia refused to sign the Association Agreement and the Free Trade Zone with the EU. The country's authorities have accepted the course to join the Eurasian Economic Union. In December 2013, on the eve of Putin’s visit to Yerevan, the police tore off the procession of opponents of the pro -Russian course of Armenia . 11 people were detained.

In October last year, the Armenian government approved a draft agreement on the accession of the republic to the Eurasian Economic Union . On January 2, the country officially joined the EurAsEC.