A. Arzumanyan: Russia must publish the black list (video)
On the occasion of the decision of the Russian authorities to ban the entry of Stepan Grigoryan to Russia until 2030, Alexander Arzumanyan assumes that there is a list of some people, whose entry to Russia is prohibited: “Let’s hope that the RA MFA will send a relevant inquiry and we will find out whether there is any list of unwanted people and as a friendly country, strategic partner to directly publish that list so that the people don’t make additional expenses and go to that country, where no one waits for them,” says the RA NA Heritage faction member Alexander Arzumanyan. According to former Minister of foreign affairs of Armenia, Russia bans the entry of Stepan Grigoryan for the expression of his opinion. But he wouldn’t like Armenia to ban the entry of some Russian politicians to Armenia for the same reason: “If we are led by the logic that those, who don’t like Armenia’s policy or something in Armenia, must be banned from entry, we will become like Aliyev or today’s Russia or North Korea.” The right to freedom of speech is a universal right, says the lawmaker of Heritage faction. Though, he says there are Russian political figures, whose activities threaten the Republic of Armenia: “If there are such elements, such expressions and activities, we can also think about limiting the entry of those people.” The process of limiting, according to Mr Arzumanyan, must be open and transparent. By the way, he still isn’t sure, that Stepan Safaryan’s deportation from Russia is the response of the Russian authorities to the arrest of Russian citizen Sergey Mironov in Yerevan on August 27: “I am, in general, against the theory of conspiracy, but I also think that the number of coincidences must be limited,” noted Alexander Arzumanyan. Watch the video!
