YEREVAN MUNICIPALITY DID NOT INVITE PHILIPP KIRKOROV
YEREVAN, MARCH 28. ARMINFO. Yerevan Municipality has not invited
Philipp Kirkorov, Vice Mayor of Yerevan Arman Sahakyan has told
journalists.
He says that CJSC “Manukyan” has invited the Russian singer and the
Municipality supports the concert as it is authorized to do. Sahakyan
has no data on this CJSC, except the one that it is engaged in
organization of concerts. Sahakyan notes that the invitation of
singers to Yerevan is not an issue for politicization. It is a
question of culture, he says. As regards the prevention of the
concert, the Municipality is not empowered to do it. Moreover, taking
into account the fact that this year is announced a Year of Russian in
Armenia, we must expect many singers and the Yerevan Municipality is
to support their concerts. It should be noted that 25-30% of the
tickets for Kirkorov’s concert have been sold. Arman Sahakyan himself
does not like Kirkorov’s creative work.
To note, recently the youth and the students of Armenia Have protested
against arrival of the well-known Russian singer Philipp Kirkorov in
Yerevan. 30 youth and students organizations have sent a relevant
letter to the event organizers on the initiative of ARF Dashnaktsutyun
Students Union “Nikol Aghbalayan,” the ARFD Youth Wing and the Youth
Union of Armenia. The authors of the letter explain their demand by
the evident anti-Armenian and moreover pro-Turkish position of Philipp
Kirkorov, which has been displayed in a recent incident with an
Armenian journalist. In particular, Kirkorov insulted her in public
and spoke slightingly of her origin. The youth and student
organizations add that to prevent the concert they reserve the right
to take practical steps.