ArmInfo. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Armenia's Premier Nikol Pashinyan's answered the interviewer's question about "quite senior officials in Russia, including former President Medvedev, [who] have used really insulting words against [Armenia's premier] and called for a coup against [him] or removing [him] from office." Asked about his response and the possible reasons for this campaign against him in Russia, Mr Pashinyan said:
"You know, if I am not mistaken, I did not directly respond to that and I am not going to respond publicly in addition to what I have already said. But it is also obvious that those facts you mentioned at least raise questions, and the answers to those questions must be found, because such an approach violates many rules, starting from not interfering in each other's internal affairs and diplomatic [etiquette] and, of course, it also creates problems [involving interpersonal relations], because such a wording, such a language and such a position are incomprehensible for people who have worked with each other for quite a long time."
On September 19, Azerbaijan launched an aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh. The same day Chairman of the Russian Security Council and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev published a post apparently referring to Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
The post read:
"Once a colleague of mine from a brotherly country told me: 'Well, I'm a stranger to you, you will not accept me". I said what I had to say: 'We will judge not by biography, but by deeds.'
"Then he lost the war, but strangely he remained in place. Then he decided to blame Russia for his defeat. Then he gave up part of his country's territory. Then he decided to flirt with NATO, and his wife went to meet with our enemies in an explicit manner, with cookies. Guess what fate awaits him..."