Government of Armenia Non-centralized leadership Tigran KhzmalyanAndrias Ghukasyan Serzh Sargsyan (President) Taron Margaryan (Yerevan Mayor) Vladimir Gasparyan (Police Chief) Mashtots Park Movement (Armenian: Մաշտոցի պուրակի շարժում), also known as #SaveMashtotsPark and OccupyMashtots began as a sit-in on February 11, 2012 in Mashtots Park, Yerevan.

The main issues were illegal or inadequate constructions, the destruction of trees and green zones in Yerevan, but now the questions of citizens' self-determination, fight against corruption and oligarchy, the prevalence of public interests over private have been raised.

During this time, civic initiatives emerged to safeguard various endangered aspects of Armenian nature, such as Teghut forest,[5] Trchkan waterfall,[6] Kajaran,[7] and more.

[8] While Yerevan Chief Architect Narek Sargsyan denied the rumors that the dismantled kiosks were to be moved to Aram Street, the municipality confirmed the news on January 30, 2011.

Urban activists had staged a protest against the destruction of the green zone (later named Missak Manouchian Park) on the crossing of Mashtots Avenue and Aram Street in the center of Yerevan right besides Margaryan Maternity Hospital the previous day - January 29.

Told them we were doing a peaceful picket and that they are depriving us of essential means of protecting ourselves from the snowThrough the mediation of the RA Ombudsman's Office the cover remained intact.

[13] The next day the police made an attempt to disperse the picket by forcefully evicting the protestors from the kiosk they were occupying and surrounded the construction site, blocking protesters' and reporters' entrance.

The activists were told by Deputy Head of Yerevan Police Robert Melkonyan that a municipality representative would arrive at the park at 4PM to negotiate with them.