ArmInfo. "Back in 2015 I was ready to go till end, hundreds of thousands supported me. But everything went wrong. More then 600 of my activists were detained. They were speaking that I don't pay taxes. I did not want to be in disgrace from the point of view of people. And I decided to leave. They were checking my entities for a year, and found nothing", Tsarukyan said.
Concerning Pashinyan's movement, he assured that he initially supported him. "Even when the issue of depriving Nikol Pashinyan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Sasun Mikaelyan of immunity was discussed in the parliament, we were the first to vote against. Pashinyan led his struggle very competently, he realized the aspirations of the people. He is a fine fellow, "Tsarukyan summarized. According to him, the policy of the current authorities has led to the fact that not 10%, not 20% are dissatisfied with it, but all 99% of the country's population.