Capital city protests refuse to budge as focus turns from Armenia energy to government’s graft | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Yerevan, Armenia – In the face of an ultimatum from the police, thousands of protesters in Armenia are continuing to blocking Baghramyan Street, in the capital Yerevan, for the seventh consecutive day, demanding the government cancels a decision to raise electricity prices. On Sunday, following a proposal by President Serzh Sargsyan a day earlier to audit…