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Patrol car in Yerevan, Armenia. Archival photoYEREVAN, May 3. Police in Yerevan have already detained 117 people during opposition rallies on Tuesday, the department told RIA Novosti. the oppositionists staged large-scale protests blocking the streets of Yerevan and the main highways of the republic. The police reported the detention of 70 representatives of the opposition, which has been blocking the streets of the capital since the morning. Since April 25, the Armenian opposition has been holding protests throughout Armenia, as it believes that the policy of the authorities «is destructive for Armenia and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, threatens the Armenian side not only with new concessions, but also the loss of statehood. Columns of oppositionists from the cities of Ijevan and Tigranashen headed to Yerevan, they arrived in the capital on May 1 and are participating in rallies.