STRUGGLE XENOPHOBIA VARTAN OSKANIAN: RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES TO AVERT XENOPHOBIA IN RUSSIA
By Nana Petrosian
AZG Armenian Daily
05/07/2006
The Armenian side will continue discussion with RF representatives on
the issues of investigating the recent cases of attacking the Armenian
residents of Moscow and punishing the guilty. Vartan Oskanian, RA
Foreign Minister, said at today’s press conference. He stated that
this issue is still in the agenda of the meetings held by the Armenian
and Russian representatives at various levels. "The Russian side is
also concerned about the facts of attacking the foreign citizens in
Moscow," he said. He added that xenophobia is of total character in
Russia. "The Russian authorities should take drastic measures to
avert xenophobia cases, otherwise that may become a threat to the
publicity of very Russia, Vartan Oskanian said.
It’s worth mentioning that on July 2 evening, a group of teens attacked
two Armenians in a undergound train.
Both the Armenians, Vacheh Tovmasyan (20) and Varazdat Hakobyan (23)
got knife wounds. At the underground station "Kuznetsky Most" they
applied for first aid and were hospitalized. The attackers escaped. The
injured say they were attacked by aggressive young people in black
and armed with knives as soon as they came out of the train.