Police officers during an opposition rally in Yerevan. File photoYEREVAN, May 17. Levon Kocharyan, the son of ex-President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, announced his detention at the protests in Yerevan, the participants of which demand the resignation of the country's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. we lose heart, we don’t retreat, we continue,” Kocharyan wrote on his Telegram channel. Ishkhan Saghatelyan, the speaker of the Armenian parliament from the «Armenia» opposition faction, said that large-scale actions of disobedience will begin from 7.00 Moscow time, roads will be closed, transport traffic will be stopped, «the capital will be paralyzed.» According to him, another rally will be held in France Square on Tuesday at 18:00 Moscow time. Since April 25, the opposition has been holding protests throughout Armenia. The protesters are convinced that the policy of the authorities threatens the country with the loss of statehood and threatens the existence of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
