Hundreds gathered in Yerevan’s Liberty Square yesterday to voice their anger over Russia’s selling of weapons to Azerbaijan.

Chanting slogans such as “Get lost, false ally”, “We are the master of Artsakh”, and “Our soldier is our ally”, the crowd then marched on the Government Building, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from there to the Russian Embassy.

Davit Sanasaryan, one of the protest organizers, said that Russia must stop its arms sales to Azerbaijan and that Moscow, as a member of the OSCE Minsk Group, shouldn’t be inciting war.

“We do not accept the present government of Armenia as legitimate. The people are the legitimate masters of the country and we will tell the government what it must do. Russia is either our ally or it must leave this country. There is no other option,” noted Sanasaryan.

Daniel Ionisyan, president of the Informed Citizens Union, told the protesters opposite the Government Building that the members of the European Economic Union are also members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and that if they believe that Armenia is a party to the conflict, they must support Armenia.

Scores of police were on hand, escorting the protesters as they made their way to the Russian Embassy. A phalanx of police had cordoned off the embassy to the approaching protesters. Police top brass and protest organizers then deliberated as to how close the marchers could get to the embassy.

Protesters promised to return to the embassy and take more drastic measures if Russia doesn’t stop arms sales to Azerbaijan.

Diana Ghazaryan is a 4th year journalism student at Yerevan State Un