Demonstrators in Yerevan drove off to an action with the EU flag

The demonstrators on Bagramyan Avenue in Yerevan did not allow the action to join the former Soviet dissident, the leader of the National Self -Definition Party Paruir Airikyan and his associates, Interfax reports . They came with the flags of the European Union, which caused the discontent of the rally participants.

“This is a deliberate provocation. A rally is held here, which is not connected either with the EU or Russia. This is the movement of the Armenian citizen,” said the representative of the demonstrators David Sanasaryan. He also called on the rally participants to show restraint, not to succumb to provocations and avoid skirmishes.

Under the whistle and chanting, “go away” Ayrikyan with his associates left the central part of the avenue.

"I fulfilled my mission. Who said that it is not necessary to politicize this action? Those who demand this flag are not ready for a free word and thoughts, and serve as the KGB agency network, but I have to bring them on the right path. European civilization is our last hope. Our guys turned to the European Court of Human Rights. When they apply to the ECHR, it means that this is our future. Ayrikyan. He recalled that Armenia citizens who suffered during the acceleration of the rally on June 23 turned to the ECHR. That is why he raises the EU flag, Ayrikyan emphasized.

The promotion on Bagramyan Avenue is peacefully, reports "News-Armenia". The police took water and other equipment. In the evenings, concerts are arranged, which end at 23:00 local time (22:00 Moscow time). Such a condition put forward the police to observe the silence at night. The incidents are not recorded, with the exception of the injury received by a young man during the dance. The ambulance team arrived at the place laid out the dressings and hospitalized the victim with suspicion of concussion.

By night, the demonstrators diverge. Only some of them remain to spend the night on Bagramyan Avenue.

Mass protests began throughout Armenia after on June 17 the Armenian public services regulation commission increased the tariff for electricity in the country by 6.93 drama ($ 0.015) per 1 kilowatt-hour. The company itself demanded to raise prices even higher - by 17 drams.

This decision led to spontaneous demonstrations in Yerevan and other cities. A sedentary demonstration against the planned increase in electricity tariffs began in Yerevan on June 19. On June 22, protesters moved to the Presidential Palace . The police did not miss them, and then the demonstrators blocked Bagramyan Avenue. The police brutally dispersed the protesters. 237 people were detained.

Nevertheless, the protest only intensified. On June 23, the demonstrators again tried to go to the Presidential Palace. This time the police also blocked their way, but there was no dispersal. The protests continued in the second largest city in Armenia - Gyumri - and also began in other cities .

On June 26, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan following a meeting with the Minister of Transport of Russia, the co-chairman of the Armenian-Russian intergovernmental commission, Maxim Sokolov, said that an audit would be held in the "electric networks of Armenia". He also said that the case of the murder by the Russian soldier-world Valery Permykov seven people in Gyumri was transferred to the Armenian side . Earlier, Russia refused to issue the accused, referring to its constitution.

On June 27, Sargsyan promised that the government would assume all the costs associated with raising electricity tariffs until he gets the results of the audit of the company "Electric Networks of Armenia". The head of state explained that this will go on funds that initially allocated for safety.

On June 30, the initiative group "No robbery" announced the termination of an unlimited action . At the same time, part of the protesters stated that she would remain on Bagramyan Avenue.