Several hundred people assembled outside the gates of Armenia’s National Assembly today in opposition to a natural gas treaty with Russia that was up for ratification by MPs inside.
The Artsakh Defense Army reports that two of its soldeirs were lightly wounded by Azerbaijani fire on December 22.
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Minutes ago, Armenia’s National Assembly voted to ratify a natural gas agreement with Russia that would essentially hand over total supply and distribution to Gazprom.
HAK MP Levon Zurabyan told demonstrators outside the National Assembly that the ratification vote needed to be certified by a special committee in which the opposition has four members.
Some 200 protesters have gathered outside Armenia’s National Assembly, calling on MP’s inside to vote against ratification of a December 2 agreement between Moscow and Yerevan that would hand over Armenia’s remaining 20% of the national gas utility to Gazprom.
As Armenia’s National Assembly was about to vote on ratifying a natural gas treaty with Russia, a number of reporters rushed into the chamber calling on MPs to vote down the measure.
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