Protest movement

There were clashes between demonstrators and police officers in the Square of Freedom in the center of Yerevan, Interfax reports . About a hundred people tried to go through a procession to the area of ​​the police department captured by the opposition.

The head of the police, the head of the police, Ashot Karapetyan, said that he did not allow the procession, after which people tried to break through the police stupid, which led to clashes.

Demonstrators move towards the Freedom of North Prospect adjacent to the Square. The police are trying to block the path from time to time, but their cordon is constantly breaking through.

Oppositionists called on residents of the city to take to the streets and protest against the authorities. “Get out onto the streets. Enough to endure this situation. I am against violence, but people have done their job there. Be in solidarity with them and go outside,” said the representative of the opposition civil initiative “Get up, Armenia David Sanasaryan.

Later, about four hundred people took to the central streets of Yerevan with a demand for the resignation of the authorities. Participants in the action express supporting the building of the police department to the opposition, and also require excluding any possible territorial concessions on the issue of solving the Karabakh conflict. The procession is accompanied by reinforced police outfits.

Meanwhile, three buses with police officers in body armor and helmets arrived at the captured building. They were led through a cordon equipped from heavy construction equipment in the direction of the building. Some police officers lined up in a living series - parallel to construction equipment.

Sanasaryan and another leader of “Get up, Armenia Andrias Gukasyan last Sunday were taken to the police department from Freedom Square in the center of Yerevan, where people gathered on their call. On Monday night, they were released. Later, Sanasaryan was again taken to the police department.

Meanwhile, a group of activists of the opposition "Constituent Parliament" continues to hold the base of the regiment of the patrol and post-resistance service of the police, captured the day before. Four police officers remain under the control of the opposition, including the deputy chief of the police of Armenia Vardan Egiazaryan and the deputy chief of the police of Yerevan Valery Osipyan.

At night, one security fork was released from the base. About 15 Moscow time was released another policeman. “As a result of the complex measures taken by law enforcement agencies, including negotiations, it was possible to free another hostage. Nevertheless, such encouraging episodes do not guarantee the desired result and do not exclude possible tragic consequences, the responsibility for which the initiative of the attack will be carried out exclusively,” the press center of the Armenian National Security Service said. - Terrorists must realize that they do not have a different alternative than to implicitly fulfill all the requirements of the authorities. Law enforcement agencies still hope that members of the armed group during decision -making will be guided only by prudence. "

As one of the activists, Pavel Manukyan, said, provided a telephone conversation with one of the leaders of the Constituent Parliament, Girarier Sephilyan, arrested last month on charges of organizing illegal turnover of weapons and ammunition. The release of Sephilyan is the main requirement of the participants in the action. The day before, the security forces refused to bring a policy to the captured base, although they expressed their readiness to organize the opposition to a meeting with him.

In a telephone conversation, Sephilyan left the choice of further actions at the discretion of his colleagues. “Zhirair Sephilyan did not know anything,” said Manukyan. “I presented the situation, talked about what happened. But he was not in the know, so he said:“ Decide for yourself. ”

The national security service on Sunday evening reported that the special forces were fitted on the facility are in combat readiness, but the order of the assault on the base has not yet been received.

Meanwhile, about 50 oppositionists were released from the police sections of the country - about a fourth of those who were detained on Sunday in connection with the capture of the police base.

During the capture of the base, one policeman - Colonel Arthur Vanoyan died. According to updated data, four policemen and one oppositionist were injured.

Activist Manukyan emphasized that although the police at the captured facility are “under control” of the opposition, they are not hostages. They are "just nearby", the oppositionist explained.

Member of the "Constituent Parliament" Varuzhan Avetisyan announced the beginning of the uprising, and his comrade Gagik Egiazaryan urged the people to take to the streets. “Only under the pressure of the people can you achieve something,” the activist emphasized. He also demanded the release of political prisoners.

After the capture of the base throughout Armenia, raids for opposition began.

In the evening, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held with security officials a meeting dedicated to the promotion of the opposition. The specific details of the meeting were not given. Meanwhile, the opposition forces accused Sargsyan of this situation, calling the seizure of the police base for a forced response to the authorities. After visiting the base, deputy Pashinyan showed reporters a video message from the activist Manukyan demanding the resignation of the president. At the same time, the opposition expressed confidence that Sargsyan was ready for bloodshed in order to stay at his post.