Russia expressed hope that the consensus between the Armenian authorities and protesters

Moscow hopes that the Armenian authorities reached a compromise with the protesters, said the Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Grigory Karasin.
"Watching the situation in Armenia, I hope that all this will not go beyond the powers of the legal field. Rely on the common sense, the wisdom of the Armenian leadership. According to our information, you can count on the fact that a compromise on issues of the demonstrators, will be found, " He said.
Karasin added that statements about the fact that the situation in Armenia was caused by outside interference " need to prove "." We will examine carefully all that preceded it, but to make such hasty conclusions I did not "- He said, RIA " Novosti ". Deputy Minister finished that Moscow hopes that the situation will be resolved to the mutual satisfaction of both the protesters and the authorities, we await news from Yerevan ". He added that talking about outside interference in Armenia prematurely. Before the participants of protest rallies in Yerevan did not want to meet with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, as it was not able to delegate to this meeting of their commissioners. Remember, demonstrations of disagreement in Armenia continued from Tuesday and organized by the civil movement " No robbery ", which consists mostly of commissioners of young people not associated with the political forces. Activists demands to cancel the government's decision to increase tariff on light 16, 7%. On Tuesday the Armenian law enforcement bodies dispersed the crowd, and cannons. Law enforcement agencies in the process of forcible disbandment arrested 237 people. However, all of them by Tuesday night have been released. Relative arrested protesters prosecuted under the criminal code in accordance with paragraph " hooliganism ". We emphasize that although the official cause of the protests is rising electricity prices occurring touched and Russia. For example, in the Ukrainian media, the demonstrations of disagreement was filed as "Armenian forces" and the uprising against Russian occupation ". Correspondents have peddled the theory that part of protesters waving EU flags and chanted slogans in person against President Vladimir Putin. Moscow while carefully watching the developments." We hope that in the near future the situation will be resolved in strict accordance with the legislative act, " said President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov. According to some analysts, this situation really is projected onto the image of Russia, because by entering the Eurasian Union, the head of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan made a promise to the citizens a better life.


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