Protesters in the center of Yerevan were divided into subordinates the requirements of the police and "provocateurs"

Despite the threat of the next dispersal, some of the protesters in the center of Yerevan refused to leave Bagramyan Avenue, which is located on the residence of the President of Armenia. Earlier, police officers repeatedly called for activists to leave the roadway, threatening with power actions. As a result, some of the demonstrators went to the Square of Freedom, and the part remained on the avenue. Direct video broadcasts from the capital of Armenia are conducting 1in.am and "Radio Liberty" . Photos from the scene are published by the New Gazeta .

Members of the civil movement "No robbery" who left Bagramyan Avenue accused citizens who did not subordinate the police requirements of provocation. “People who oppose the rise in price of energy tariffs are now here. What are the remaining people there? They put forward political requirements. This is a provocation. We again urge everyone to leave the avenue and gather in the square,” said one of the activists of the movement, Interfax reports.

According to him, "different people who represent various currents intervened in our struggle." “Some leaflets are distributed. There are no coordinators, there is chaos,” the activist added. His name "Interfax" does not call.

According to the News-Armenia Agency, a member of the coordination group "There is no robbery" Vaginak Shushanyan, speaking on Freedom Square, called on people to leave Bagramyan Avenue.

“Without embarrassment, I can say that a few minutes ago personally in a telephone conversation with Vladimir Gasparyan (the head of the Armenian police), who concentrated his forces to disperse the demonstration, asked him to remove the police. I urge the police not to use the force in relation to our mothers and sisters who do not yet understand what they are doing and remain on Bagramyan Avenue,” Shusanyan said.

The coordinator of movement added: "There will be no blood on us." The activist emphasized that in the group of like -minded people he will remain in the Square of Freedom, "until our friends and brothers from Bagramyan Avenue will join us and until the authorities fulfill our requirements."

The Prime Minister of Armenia accused the remaining Bagramyan Avenue of Political Ambitions

Meanwhile, Armenia Prime Minister Ovik Abrahamyan indicated that some forces are trying to destabilize the situation in the center of Yerevan. "Forces appeared on Bagramyan Avenue, the real goal of which is not the problem of the rise in price of energy tariffs, but the creation of destabilization and clashes in the country. They have made it not a social or economic component of the problem, but incomprehensible and hopeless political ambitions," Abrahamyan said.

He called the actions of demonstrators who continue to block Bagramyan Avenue "incomprehensible." The Prime Minister called on these people to "abandon anti-constitutional actions and not to heat the situation", and also confirmed the readiness of the authorities for dialogue. “I also consider provocations against the police also inadmissible. It serves our country and people and is worthy of only respect,” the Prime Minister noted.

Before the protesters were divided into two groups, law enforcement officers called on everyone to leave Bagramyan Avenue. The law enforcement officers, in particular, said that "the police still did not prevent the implementation of the meeting" and "fulfilled the obligation to assist the peaceful assembly in accordance with the requirements of Part 2 of Article 32 of the Law on Freedom of Assembly," however, "the fulfillment of this obligation has the limits." Bagramyana Avenue, we recall, was blocked on June 22.

"Kommersant": "Inter RAO" is going to sell "Electric Networks of Armenia"

Round -up protests against increasing electricity prices are held on June 19. Before this, on June 17, the Commission on the Regulation of Public Services decided to increase the electricity tariff from August 1, 2015 by 6.93 drama for 1 kW. The current tariff is 41.85 drama for 1 kWh in the daytime and 31.85 per 1 kWh - in the night. An increase in the tariff was asked by CJSC "Electric Networks of Armenia", 100% owned by the Russian OJSC Inter RAO.

On June 27, the Armenian authorities decided to postpone the increase in tariffs for the duration of the audit of the energy company, but the protests continued.

According to the Minister of the Government apparatus, David Harutyunyan, the audit of the "electric networks of Armenia" will last from three to six months. According to him, which bring the Armenia News, the government will consult with civilian activists and political opposition to choose audit companies from the proposed list. At the same time, Harutyunyan did not exclude the possibility of nationalization of the "electric networks of Armenia."

“In the case of nationalization, it is still necessary to choose a leading international company. Unfortunately, we have a bad practice when the government managed electric networks and debts of $ 50-100 million were accumulated, which were repaid from the budget, and this is not permissible,” the Minister of the Government apparatus added.

On the night of June 29, the Kommersant newspaper said that against the backdrop of the Inter RAO demonstrations, “electrical networks of Armenia” can sell. According to sources of publication familiar with the situation, the company can buy a Russian businessman of Armenian descent Samvel Karapetyan, who owns the Tashir group. The interlocutor "Kommersant" says that negotiations began before raising electricity tariffs. At the same time, representatives of the Armenia electric networks refuted this information, while another source of Kommersant confirmed the fact of negotiations with Karapetian.

In the Inter RAO itself, information on the participation of the company in negotiations and the preparation of a transaction for the sale of "electrical networks of Armenia" (ESA) controlled by it also refuted. "At the moment, we are not conducting any negotiations on the sale of ESA," said the official representative of Interfax.