YEREVAN. – Former chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia said the passing year was “hazy” for Armenia’s economy.

“We have shameful inflation which is resulted in constant and growing migration. We will have decreasing birth rate and growing mortality rate this year,” Bagrat Asatryan told reporters on Monday.

Unless he had a meeting with journalists, Asatrayn said he would willingly join the citizens for protest at the National Assembly.

“People are not fighting against gas prices, but against injustice. Our authorities want to solve the issue with Russian government by themselves . They do not care about what people think,” Asatryan added.

A protest action against selling 20 percent of ArmRusgazprom shares to Gazprom has been held near the National Assembly building since 11:30 on Monday.

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