217 participants in protest promotions were detained in Yerevan. Video

217 oppositionists were detained in Yerevan, Ashot Agaronyan, spokeswoman for the police of Armenia, said. According to Interfax, such data are relevant as of 17:00 local time.

They delay people who overlap roads for road vehicles, as well as drivers of cars who are trying to create traffic jams. Earlier, the police warned that in case of locking roads, force can be applied, as well as special equipment.

On Friday, protests independent from each other are held throughout the city. The long -time opponent of Sargsyan, the leader of the Opposition Elk faction, Nikola Pashinyan, called on his supporters to block the automobile traffic.

The opposition has protested from April 13, its leaders announced the beginning of the “velvet revolution”. People opposed the election of former president Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister of Armenia.