Artik community's candidate for the mayor of the "Aprelu Yerkir" party, Artur Astoyan, and a number of teammates were detained by the security forces this morning. Party chairman Mane Tandilyan wrote about this. "This is another illegal repression by the authorities against our team, the aim of which is to stop the change of power in the Artik community. We are determined in our struggle for democracy and the establishment of legitimate authorities in the country."