The police have concentrated significant forces near the Kazakh community. Residents intend to block the highway to Yerevan again. Addressing the protesters, a police representative said that blocking the road is a violation of the rights of others.
One of the protesters also objected: “We elected our government by blocking the street. We are making the same demand that brought the government to power. Now we are blocking the street. No one can violate our constitutional right.”
Earlier, the protests began with the still operating route #5. Residents of the Proshyan and Kasakh communities previously used buses #25 and #59, paying 150 drams to get to Yerevan. Now the Yerevan Municipality has decided that the buses will not reach these settlements. The new route will be served by the Multitransport company, the fare will be 250 and 200 drams. In addition, as previously reported by residents, the new route will cover only 7 km, running from their settlements to the famous Institute of Physics in the Ajapnyak administrative district, and the last bus will depart at 19:30. The last stop on the previous route was near Victory Park.