PROTESTS against electricity price rises in the Armenian capital Yerevan entered their third day yesterday, drawing comparisons with “colour revolutions” in other former Soviet republics.

President Serge Sarkisian has offered to meet with representatives of the protesters, but they have refused to negotiate, demanding instead that he announce on television that the price rises will be scrapped.

Riot police dispersed an overnight sit-in protest on Yerevan’s central avenue on Tuesday morning with water cannon.