Armenian Ambassador to Russia Vagharshak Harutyunyan, who took office in January, has not yet handed over his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin, public and political activist Edgar Ghazaryan said on Tuesday.

"Vagharshak Harutyunyan, who was appointed Armenia's Ambassador to Russia on January 5 as a reward for assisting [Prime Minister] Nikol Pashinyan in ceding the homeland to the enemy, has not yet handed over his credentials to the Russian leader. Thus, under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations his diplomatic mission in Russia has not yet officially begun,” he wrote on Facebook.

The politician recalled that Nikol Pashinyan paid two visits to Russia during this period. Also, President Vahagn Khachaturyan visited Russia on a working visit earlier in June to meet with Putin.

“The Armenian ambassador is not entitled to participate in meetings with the Russian president before getting his credentials. This, however, has not prevented him from being at the center of numerous scandals and being the subject of ridicule, which is very typical of the current government and of our country as a whole,” Ghazaryan said.