Scores of people took to the streets of Yerevan on Friday in separate May Day demonstrations organized by the Armenian Communists, pro-government trade unions, unpaid workers of a troubled chemical plant and angry taxi drivers.
As always, the rally organized by the Armenian Communist Party (HKK) was the most high-profile event dedicated to the public holiday officially called Labor Day. Hundreds of mostly elderly HKK members and supporters holding red flags and banners marched through the city center behind a brand brass band playing Soviet music.
The band performed the tune of the Soviet and currently Russian national anthem when the procession reached the Russian Embassy in Yerevan. HKK leaders gave speeches there, praising Russian President Vladimir Putin for cobbling together the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) of ex-Soviet states, including Armenia.
Armenian News
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