Thousands of police officers were sent to Yerevan to march in memory of the Armenian Genocide

A traditional torchlight procession dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire was held in Yerevan on April 23. Despite the peaceful nature of the action, the authorities deployed significant police forces to the capital, including from other regions of the country.

According to a number of experts, the actions of the authorities are related to fears of possible protests and loss of support for the current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

"I won't say much because I don't see the point in it. The state has pushed the issue of the Armenian Genocide into the background, and this is a fact," Sputnik Armenia quotes former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan as saying.

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A fight broke out in the Armenian parliament between deputies of the ruling Civil Contract faction and the opposition Armenia after one of the parliamentarians proposed criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide at an April 22 meeting. The proposal to submit a bill on the introduction of criminal liability came from the representative of the Armenia Party Artsvik Minasyan.