Alen Simonyan accuses Robert Kocharyan of being  "a Russian spy"

ArmInfo.  Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan called the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan a person with "the status of a Russian spy". "I don't have the facts, this is just my opinion, if I had the facts, I would have taken appropriate action," he said at a briefing in  parliament on May 5.

According to Simonyan, he is a politician and has the right to make a  political statement. "He is a politician who solely aims to defend  Russian interests and provide services in that regard," he pointed  out. In response to a question of whether a politician has the  mandate to make any statement he wants, Simonyan noted: "This is my  political assessment". According to the speaker, when someone's  statements completely align closely with those of the Russian side,  and  the faction members, then it is reasonable to draw a conclusion.  Another "ironclad argument" for Simonyan is that the new mayor of  Gyumri, Vardan Ghukasyan, supported by Kocharyan, spoke in favor of  Armenia joining the Union State of Russia-Belarus.  "These things  give me the right to say such things," he added. 

In response to this, journalists pointed out that the statements of  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also often align with those of the  President of Azerbaijan, leading many to accuse Pashinyan of serving  the interests of the Azerbaijani-Turkish tandem. According to  Simonyan, such thoughts are voiced by those who would like to drag  Armenia into a war and territorial disputes against neighboring  countries, creating a legitimate pretext for an attack on  Armenia.  "However, it is obvious that Aliyev, according to his statements, is  constantly dissatisfied with the processes and the fact that Yerevan  does not fulfill his demands, which contradicts what you said,"  Simonyan said.

"Let us be clear - are the demands being met or not? Now, was the  corridor granted or not? Just say yes or no - they did not grant it,  did they?" the speaker of the RA National Assembly asked quite  emotionally.