Thousands in Armenia’s capital Yerevan have been protesting over a 17-22% electricity price hike coming on August 1. Things got particularly ugly over the weekend when police unleashed water cannons, and 237 protestors were arrested. (They have since been released.) Crowds have subsequently grown up to 15,000 people, and protests have spread to other cities. “A lot more people came on [Tuesday] because they understood that you can’t just drive people out like that,” Nikolai Torosyan, a journalist at the site PanArmenian.net, told The Guardian. “They came to protest not just against the electricity price hike but also against the …read more
Source: Business Insider
