The head of the Federation Council Committee of the Russian Federation proposed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs consider banning the governor of Shirak from entering Russia.

ArmInfo. Vladimir Dzhabarov, head of the Federation Council Committee on Rules and Organization of Parliamentary Activities, proposed considering banning David Arushanyan, Governor of Armenia's Shirak Region, from entering Russia. This was reported by RIA Novosti, citing a statement Dzhabarov published on his "Max" platform.

"David Arushanyan, Governor of Armenia's Shirak Region, allowed himself to make disparaging remarks about Russians, calling them 'Ivans.' I believe that such words should be held accountable. It would be right if our Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered banning David Arushanyan from entering Russia," the official wrote.

As a reminder, the Shirak Region Governor posted an angry message on his Facebook page in connection with the Strong Armenia Party's organization of a protest against the Russian government. Samvel Karapetyan of the festive events marking Gyumri Day. "A few video cameras, a few concerned faces, a few high-flown phrases about 'our Gyumri' - and here's another political performance ready. All that remains is to find an audience. But there's a slight inconvenience here: Gyumri is not your 'Nizhniy Tabor', and Gyumreans are not your 'Ivans,'" Arushanyan wrote. As a postscript, he added: "We are a hospitable people, our guests are above all else. But don't try to jump above our heads - falling from heights hurts. "Tourists, be careful!".

In response to this statement, the Russian Embassy in Armenia issued the following statement: "We would not like to think that an official leading a region where the 102nd Russian Military Base and Russian border guards serve considers it acceptable to make public statements that could provoke ethnic hatred towards Russians, which would fundamentally contradict the spirit of the centuries-old friendship between the peoples of our countries."

The Russian Embassy in Armenia also drew a parallel between statements by Shirak Region Governor David Arushanyan about certain "Ivans" and the vocabulary of German Nazis during the Great Patriotic War.