Yerevan /Mediamax/. MP from Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary faction Artsvik Minasyan condemned the authorities today for “making Armenia dependent from Russia in the energy sphere”.

Artsvik Minasyan said that the Armenian leadership is not resolved to restrain Russia's "overwhelming" policy, Mediamax reports.

"It's absurd that they state the lowest gas price in the region is in Armenia. As our state handed over to Russia more than 80% of its energy capacities, we should consider not the fact at what price the gas is sold on the border but at what price it is supplied to the consumers. If we look at the issue from this viewpoint, Armenia is offered the highest price, higher than Georgia", said the MP.

Artsvik Minasyan expressed the confidence that "if Russia uses increase in gas price for its strategic partner for political pressures, Armenia doesn't need such a partner".