We are going to clean the country from perversion. We are going to “disinfect” the government building and return our “patient” to his place of dwelling. Vahagn Chakhalyan, the co-founder of the Kamq (Will) initiative, stated this Wednesday during their protest at Republic Square in Yerevan—and referring to Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan.

Chakhalyan and the other participants of this protest are wearing gas masks and medical gowns and are holding tools for disinfection.

Chakhalyan said that the gas mask will be one of the best tools of the new Armenian authorities, and called on all opposition members to get gas masks.

These protesters are holding banners that read, "No to perversion!" and "Nikol, leave!"

But before they could reach the main government building, the police stopped them, asked them where they were going, said that the government building was a specially protected area, and urged them to bypass the building.

Subsequently, an argument broke out between a protester and a police officer.

Shortly afterwards, the police apprehended Vahagn Chakhalyan and several others, and pushed the others out from outside the government building.