Protests under the slogan “No Putinism” are taking place in different Russian cities.
In solidarity with Russian protesters, Armenian activists have organized a march from Yerevan’s Freedom Square to the Russian Embassy in Armenia.
The protesters are carrying placards, reading: “Volynkin persona non grata”, “Free Customs Union – Siberia”, “No Russian Empire”, “European Union-Rome-Paris-London”.
Chairman of the National Self-Determination Union party Paruyr Hayrikyan read out a statement and said that it will be handed to the officer on duty at the Russian Embassy.
“The Russian ambassador’s notorious statement and his calling Armenia ‘South Caucasus’ is not coincidence at all. Rather, it is striking evidence of his disrespect for Armenia. We, proponents of the Armenian people’s sovereignty, say no to Putinism’s puppet government,” Hayrikyan said.
According to him, Putinism is so strong that it has its representatives in Armenia’s superior authorities. They are Armenia’s first, second and third presidents.
The statement ends in the following phrase: “Long live democratic Russia, long live free and independent Armenia.”