THE sit-in protest in Armenia’s capital Yerevan entered its ninth day yesterday, three days after the president yielded to demonstrators’ demands.

President Serzh Sargsyan pledged to freeze a 17 per cent electricity price rise on Saturday, which protest organisers No to Plunder hailed as a limited victory.

Mr Sargsyan’s pledge followed a meeting with Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, who co-chairs a Russian-Armenian economic commission. They also agreed to an audit of the electricity company.