For the first time in many years, the day of Sovietization in Armenia, November 29, was accompanied by incidents. The communists of Armenia had to defend the honor and memory of the fallen fighters of the worker-peasant Red Army by fighting in the streets of Yerevan.

As NEWS.am reports, according to tradition, about 50 communists decided to celebrate Sovietization Day, the 98th anniversary. On the occasion of that famous day, they decided to lay flowers on the monument of Stepan Shahumyan, the president of the Baku Commune, Lenin’s comrade-in-arms, which is located not far from the Republic Square, as well as on the two memorials of the Red Army fighters.

However, the commemorative events were marred by a fight with supporters of European integration.

The events were organized by the Communist Party of Armenia, whose activists were joined by representatives and leaders of the Progressive Communist Party of Armenia and the “Socialist Path” party.

Together they laid flowers on the above-mentioned monuments, after which, after some time, the supporters of the European integration of Armenia passed by them, accompanied by police officers, with banners calling for the removal of the 102nd military base from the territory of the republic.

The posters also stated that the Red Army “did not liberate, but occupied Armenia”. This angered the communists, who followed the convoy led by the co-chairman of the European Union, Tigran Khzmalyan.

Khzmalyan and his supporters approached the memorial complex of the 11th Red Army fighters. Khzmalyan and his team tried to make a speech, but at that moment thoughts criticizing the communists were heard and a fight started. The situation became so heated that police officers had to intervene. They had to move the workers closer to protect the small pro-Western group from the Communists who outnumbered them twice. As a result, the communists managed to prevent the opponents from approaching the monument, which according to the previously announced plans, they intended to “close”.

As a result, Khzmalyan gathered his supporters and continued the march to the Russian Embassy in Yerevan.

More details in the source.