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YEREVAN. – The third night of the sit-in launched by the “Stand up, Armenia” citizens’ movement at Republic Square in capital city Yerevan, and against an electricity price hike in the country, passed peacefully.

Close to twenty people stayed overnight at the square, and several dozens of police officers monitored the sit-in participants. Arman Nazaryan, who had spent the night at Republic Square, told this to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“The police did not interfere with the sit-in,” added the participants. 

The abovementioned citizens’ movement had announced that it was starting a 72-hour sit-in on Monday at Republic Square. The police, however, do not permit them to approach the middle of the square.

The “Stand up, Armenia” had stated that if the Public Services Regulatory Commission of Armenia does not revoke the decision to raise the electricity tariff in the country, they will start protests, conduct awareness visits to the provinces, and close off streets, as of Monday, July 27.

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