THEY KILL EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE RUSSIANS
A1+
[09:00 pm] 07 June, 2006
“The manifestations of fascism appeared in Russia after the defeat of
the Soviet Union”, said NA Deputy Speaker Vahan Hovhannisyan referring
to manifestations of race discrimination in Russia.
“Russia suffered a defeat in the cold war. The ideological defeat
was that communism proved to be ideologically empty; the Soviet Union
collapsed and Russia lost territories which later became its enemy.
The economic defeat was that the whole economy of the Soviet Union
collapsed, and the fact that Russia continues to survive is conditioned
by the natural resources and not by the development of the economy”,
Vahan Hovhannisyan said.
According to him, the skinheads who speak about the Aryan spirit and
the purity of the blood know nothing about fascism. “If for example
Mussolini or Franco who were the founders of fascism appeared in the
Russian Underground, the skinheads could beat them too as they do not
differ from the Armenians in the color of their skin. So the basis of
such violations is not ideological; it is simply the frustration of
the society expressed through such horrible acts”. Vahan Hovhannisyan
thinks that Russia does not combat against these phenomena properly. As
for the attitude of the Armenian authorities, he is not aware of it.
In an interview to “A1+” deputy of the Russian State Duma Alexander
Dzasokhov noted that he treats the Armenians living both in Armenia
and out of it with deep respect. “I have many Armenian friends. Every
death is a tragedy, but it does not refer to Armenians more than to
other nations. The Armenians living Russia are part of our history. We
also have many Armenian professionals in the Law enforcement agency.
We must join our efforts in order to prevent suchlike cases in
future.”
According to Alexander Dzasokhov, today the Russian authorities resort
to every possible measure in their combat against the skinheads. “This
tendency is not only against the Armenians. It happens to everyone,
and a great number of Russian fall victim to the skinheads too. So
let’s fights against this phenomenon together.”