Thursday, August 24 2023 15:48

ArmInfo. Armenia's Premier Nikol Pashinyan and his government are trying to sever all ties with  Russia by declaring personae non gratae the people who have for years  been supporting the development of Armenian-Russian relations,  Russian MP Konstantin Zatulin said as he commented on the ban on  Viktor Krivopuskov's entry to Armenia. 

Mr Zatulin, who is a great friend of the Armenian people, was  declared persona non grata in Armenia. 

The Russian MP called outrageous the ban on Viktor Krivopuskov from  entering Armenia. He recalled that last year he and RT  editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan were also banned from entering the  country, which happened "immediately after the meetings of Armenian  politicians with Western emissaries."

"I have great respect for Viktor Krivopuskov. I know that he has done  a lot for the development of Russian- Armenian relations, not in  words, but in deeds. Of course, the ban on his entry is not an  accident or a mistake. This is the consistent line of Nikol Pashinyan  and his government, who are trying to break off all kinds of contacts  with Russia. And the ban on Krivopuskov's entry fits into this line,"  Zatulin said in an interview with NEWS.ru.

According to him, the policy of the Armenian government is outrageous  and, from the point of view of justice, does not withstand any  criticism. He also accused the authorities of the republic of  speaking about the development of Russian-Armenian relations in  words, but in reality they are trying to distance themselves from  them.

It should be noted that on the morning of August 24, it became known  that Krivopuskov, who flew to Yerevan's Zvartnots airport in the  morning, was denied entry to Armenia. 

As Krivopuskov himself told the media, he was not shown the official  paper, but was asked to return to Moscow. "By banning my entry into  Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan made a good gift to Ilham Aliyev and Recep  Tayyip Erdogan. I was shocked by the attitude towards me as a public  figure who devoted his entire adult life to protecting the interests  of the Armenian people of Armenia and Artsakh," he stressed,  recalling that since Soviet times, he was banned from entering  Azerbaijan, after the publication of the book "Rebellious Karabakh.  From the diary of an officer of the USSR Ministry of Internal  Affairs", based on archival documents and telling about the events of  those days around Artsakh.