EDITOR OF “SYUNYATS YERKIR” NEWSPAPER ACCUSES SYUNIK GOVERNOR OF
BURNING HIS CAR
GORIS, APRIL 1, NOYAN TAPAN. Early in the morning of April 1, at 3:30,
the “Niva” car belonging to Samvel Alexanian, editor-in-chief of the
“Syunyats Yerkir” (“The Country of Syunik”) newspaper, was burnt. The
car was parked in the yard of his house. According to S.Alexanian,
this is a regular manifestation of terrorist actions by the Syunik
Governor. The editor is sure that the incident was caused by his March
12 interview to the “Novoye Vremya” (“New Time”) newspaper, after
which he received “numerous mediated warnings by the Governor.”