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YEREVAN. – A total of 95 percent of respondents in Armenia has approved the demonstrations that were stages two months ago at Baghramyan Avenue in capital city Yerevan, and against the decision to raise the price of electricity in the country.

This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the Gallup International Association Armenia Office. The survey was conducted in Yerevan and in the provinces, from July 6 through 13, and with 1,106 respondents.

Director of the Gallup Armenia Office, Aram Navasardyan, stated the abovementioned at a press conference on Friday.

Accordingly, 73 percent of the respondents gave a definitely positive assessment to the protesters’ decision to close off the avenue, and 22 percent gave a rather positive evaluation to this action. Solely 2 percent assessed these protests rather or definitely negatively. One percent of the respondents was undecided.

Separately, 15 percent of the respondents said they participated in the respective demonstrations—which were primarily staged in Yerevan and Gyumri. Another 7 percent said they took part in these protests via Internet, including by submitting complaints on social networking websites.

“[This is] not a bad result,” stated Navasardyan. “[But] we were expecting the percentage of online protesters to be higher.”

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