RUSSIANS DENY ETHNIC MOTIVE OF MURDERS
Lragir.am
01 June 06
The leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Armenia Harutiun
Arakelyan and the leader of the People’s Party Tigran Karapetyan
expressed their opinions on the murder of Armenian young men in Moscow
over the past month.
Tigran Karapetyan. There must be special investigation for each
Armenian, and there is no need for the special services to leave
for Moscow, this issue must be raised on a government level both in
press and on television. Our foreign minister must react. Besides,
I am surprised that the Union of Armenians, I am not sure it is World
or Universal, Ara Abrahamyan who makes speeches and announces that
we are united. Where is our unity? Why cannot we see their influence?
Why don’t they take action? When I was in Russia, we could get
on well with the Kazaks, but the skinheads are more serious than
the Kazaks. The government agencies of Armenia, the head of state
should issue a note. There is certain dependence on Russia, and our
relations are not equal. We are shy like a small brother. There may
be a tendency, but it is more important that there are victims. It is
clear that there is no tendency, but when they kill a man in broad
daylight in the street, it is a problem. We must be categorical. We
can take steps. At any rate, we must note that there is an intention
because nothing happens by accident.
Harutiun Arakelyan. I think, be it Russia or another state, our
relations should be those of a state, and if necessity occurs, we must
issue a note. Moreover, it has been less than a year that they started
writing, but there were murders for decades. Not, say, of Armenians
but of foreigners, but we suffered more. Today everything seems to be
more coordinated, and it is high time that Ara Abrahamyan, who calls
himself “the king of kings” but is not capable of anything, to join
the Armenian state and demand explanations for everything. As a leader
of an Armenian party, I would call Armenia to issue an ultimatum to
Russia, and if a similar case occurred, to nationalize all the Russian
companies starting with the energy sector. The Russian law enforcement
agencies set forward different motives. They avoid speaking about
the ethnic motives, which reveals their connivance. Recently the law
enforcement agencies have begun speaking about the ethnic motive of
killings because they are unable to hide it any longer.