UNION OF ARMENIANS OF RUSSIA VOICED A PROTEST TO ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF EUROVISION-2009.

Noyan Tapan
May 18, 2009

Moscow, May 18, Noyan Tapan- Armenians Today. Union of
Armenians of Russia voiced a protest to organizing committee of
Eurovision-2009. Under pressure of Azerbaijanii foreign ministry the
organizing committee erased the picture of the Armenian statue "We and
our Mountains" authored by Sargis Baghdasarian from the video card of
Armenian participants Anush and Inga Arshakyan. The reason of erasing
the picture of the Armenian statue from the card was stated as "the
monument is located in Nagorno Karabakh, that is not in jurisdiction of
Armenia ". According to the Erkramas newspaper of Russian Armenians,
going off into regular hysteria and politicizing the creativity
and cultural event, Baku has achieved its goal: that odd claim was
satisfied. "We and our Mountains" is a work of Armenian art and the
usage of its picture is an indispensable right of Armenian singers,
says Erkramas.

Even if we don’t pay attention to the fact, that this fact violates
rules of the contests and rights of its participants, the readiness
of organizers to yield to absurd motivations of Azerbaijani part,
known for its armenophobia, cause anxiety.