LEVON ANANIAN: ORDER OF ARMENIANS’ MURDER IS CARRIED OUT IN RUSSIA

Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Nov 15 2006

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. "Cases of
violences and murders committed against Armenians in Russia became
more frequent, but we are not informed in Armenia about all murders,"
Levon Ananian, the Chairman of the Writers’ Union of Armenia expressed
such an opinion at November 15 press conference held at the "Hayeli"
club. In his words, the circumstance that "we, Armenians, started to
involuntary conciliate with those murders, is also sorrowful."

In L.Ananian’s opinion, there are two motives for killing Armenians.

The first is, in his opinion, the one that the society of Russia
suffers from xenophobia, and the second is that an order for
Armenians’ murder is carried out in Russia. "Russia completely
rules over the army of skinheads. Those are completely ruled over
as when the issue relates to Tajiks, Azeris, they are able to find
the criminal during two hours. Those are simple Muslim forecities,
and an Azerbaijani-Turkish handwriting is noticed here," L.Ananian
mentioned. In the speaker’s words, events taking place in Russia remain
unresponded both by Armenian authorities and by Armenian Embassy to
Russia, and intellectuals.

In words of artist Henrik Igitian, one must first of all know for
whom is the murder of Armenians advantageous, and at what extent is
that process headed by the Russian authorities?

Hranush Kharatian, the Chief of the RA National Minorities and
Religious Issues Department attached to Government, is sure that the
cases taking place in Russia are actions addressed against Armenians.

In H.Kharatian’s words, the Russian authorities are wonderfully
concious of what happens. "They understand weakness of Armenia and our
people as well as the country’s dependence on them, keeping silence,
passing around or delaying, explain phenomena of racialism as a
criminal, hooliganism crime," H.Kharatian emphasized.