Mass protests against the Russian occupation in Armenia

Protest rallies continuing in Armenia for a three days under the slogan "We are Armenians - we are the masters of our land". Mass protests were triggered by the increase in tariffs for electricity, high levels of corruption and the Russian occupation of the country.

 

Armenians dissatisfied with the large number of Russian military bases in Armenia and actual military occupation of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant, railway, power plants and several other strategically important objects in Armeina. 

Overall, several thousand residents of Yerevan participated in the action. In addition Armenians still remember the recent case in Gyumri town, recall, Armenian family of seven people including including two-year child were brutally killed by Valery Permyakov, Russian soldier who serves at one of the Russian military bases in Armenia. 

 

Mass clashes with the police began this morning: