Monday, March 20 2023 17:54

ArmInfo. There is no targeted anti-Russian campaign in Armenia, as you noted. This is how Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan answered the question about  anti-Russian sentiments in the RA, at a joint press conference with  his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on March 20.

According to Mirzoyan, the fact that tens of thousands of Russians  live and do business in Armenia freely and comfortably is proof of  his words.

"No complaints have been received from them. As for the  demonstrations, the constitution of the Republic of Armenia, the  legislation of the country guarantees the freedom to hold meetings.  This is not news to anyone," he said, suggesting that the journalist  use the services of the Google search engine to check the  authenticity of his words.

At the same time, he did not comment on the issue related to the ban  on the entry of a number of citizens of the Russian Federation into  Armenia. "I would refrain from commenting on individual particular  cases," he said.

On March 9 it became known that the Armenian authorities banned  journalist Aram Gabrelyanov from entering the country, it is known  that Gabrelyanov previously spoke critically about the current  authorities of Armenia.

Prior to that, in October 2022, the editor-in-chief of the RT TV  channel Margarita Simonyan stated that the Armenian authorities had  banned her from entering the country. Entry ban was also imposed on  State Duma deputy Konstantin Zatulin, social and political figure  Andranik Migranyan and others.  On March 14, Armenian Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan, referring to the ban on entry into the Republic of  Armenia of a number of Russian citizens, said that "these people must  respect Armenia and the government elected by its people." "I also  want to draw your attention to one fact - if these people committed  at least one percent of the actions against their countries that they  committed against Armenia, they would not even be able to get into  their own home. And that says it all," - said the Prime Minister.