Protests in Armenia will continue

The protest in Yerevan against raising electricity tariffs will be continued until the final cancellation of the government decree. This decision was made by members of the coordination group "No robbery", reports "News-Armenia".

Earlier on Saturday, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said that the government would take on all the burden associated with raising electricity tariffs until the results of the audit of the company "Electric Networks of Armenia". According to him, the necessary amounts will be found from the funds provided for further security strengthening.

After that, the protesters began to celebrate the victory, but after a few minutes their mood changed. They began to chant "we stay" and "cancellation". The member of the coordination group “No robber” Vaginak Shushanyan said from the rostrum that they did not consider the President’s decision a victory, and therefore will keep Bagramyan Avenue closed, since the authorities did not satisfy any of the requirements of the demonstrators.

The Armenian police do not yet intend to take any steps against protesters. This was stated by the Deputy Chief of the Police of Yerevan Valery Osipyan, reports News.am. He expressed the hope that the participants in the protest will not block other central streets of the capital: "I do not think that other streets will be blocked. Our people are conscious."

The head of the Armenian police, Vladimir Gasparyan, ordered to withdraw police special equipment with France Square, adjacent to Bagramyan Avenue, Interfax reports . Earlier, additional equipment came here to prevent the demonstrators of new streets and avenues to the demonstrators.

On June 19, a demonstration began in Yerevan against the 17 percent increase in electricity tariffs planned since August. On Monday, protesters moved to the Presidential Palace . The police did not miss them, and then the demonstrators blocked Bagramyan Avenue.

The police demanded that the audience disperse. When they refused, vodtetes were applied. The security forces, including those dressed in civilian, attacked the manifestants, as well as journalists. At the same time, reporters were broken by equipment. In total, about a dozen journalists were subjected to attack. 237 demonstrators were detained.

Nevertheless, the protest flared up with renewed vigor. In the evening of Tuesday, the demonstrators again tried to go to the Presidential Palace, but they were again stopped by the police. However, this time they did not try to disperse the audience. The protests began in the second largest city of Armenia Gyumri, as well as other cities .

Sargsyan announced the audit in the Russian company Electric Networks of Armenia on Friday after a meeting in Brussels with the Minister of Transport of Russia, co-chairman of the Armenian-Russian intergovernmental commission, Maxim Sokolov. In addition, the president said that the criminal case of the murder of Russian troops Valery Permyakov seven people in the city of Gyumri was transferred to the Armenian side . Earlier, Russia refused to issue the accused, referring to its constitution.