MURDERS OF ARMENIANS IN RUSSIA ARE NOT MANIFESTATIONS OF XENOPHOBIA, RF AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA ASSURES

Noyan Tapan
Mar 14 2007

YEREVAN, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN. Murders of Armenians in Russia
are not manifestations of xenophobia or phobia of Armenians. RF
Ambassador to Armenia Nikolay Pavlov stated this at the March 14
press conference. In his words, these crimes have a social ground. The
Ambassador also mentioned that sometimes criminal brawls in Russia with
participation of Armenians are presented as xenophobia in media. In
N. Pavlov’s words, the last two murders of Armenians, in Ivanteeevka
and at Pushkinskaya Moscow underground station, were disclosed and
the criminals were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. The
Ambassador assured that the Prosecutor General’s Office and Ministry
of the Interior of Russia will do their best to fight these crimes.