Demonstrations of disagreement in Armenia are conducted in the same strategy, and that the events in the Maidan in Kiev, Thomas grove, journalist the wall Street Journal.

"some protesters in their own twitter accounts have posted photos of the barricades of garbage cans, which are reminiscent of the strategy used during anti-government rallies in Ukraine, which eventually led to the overthrow of former President Viktor Yanukovych ", - says the publication.

the Creator of the material tied the deterioration of the economic situation in Armenia with penalties imposed by Western countries against Russia. Grove believes that the limits imposed by the EU and the USA against the Russian capital, adversely affect the economies of the former Soviet republics, who " until now have close contacts with Moscow."

The magazine acknowledges that " the overwhelming number in Armenia is firmly Pro-Russia ", although some criticism of the government of Serzh Sargsyan still exists - claim that he " rejects closer contacts with the European Union in favour of economic bloc led by Russia."

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