The parents and other relatives of Armenian soldiers, who were taken prisoner by Azerbaijani forces in Artsakh in 2020, on Wednesday staged a protest outside the Russian Embassy in Yerevan.

They demanded a meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kopirkin, but no one stepped out to talk to them.

Afterwards, a scuffle erupted between riot police officers and protesters, who wanted to enter the embassy. One of them felt sick.

The relatives held a similar protest outside the Russian Consulate General in Armenia's second largest city of Gyumri, demanding the release of captives.

The soldiers were captured near the villages of Hin Tagher and Khtsaberd in the Hadrut region in December shortly after the end of the 44-day war.