THE RUSSIAN YEAR STARTED IN ARMENIA
Support A1+!Today Vladimir Putin and Robert Kocharyan officially opened the Russian year in Armenia. The official ceremony started with the Russian anthem, after which the Armenian anthem sounded. Robert Kocharyan mentioned in his speech that the Armenian and Russian nations are tied together not only with culture and history but also with relations in many different areas – power, industry, business, bank system, as well as in the investment field at large.
Vladimir Putin noted that Moscow cannot be imagined without the Armenian alley, neither the Russian culture without Ayvazovski, Toukhmanov, Aram Khachatryan and Vakhtangov’s theater.
He said that the Armenian nation connects the future of its children with the Armenian-Russian relations. Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia would do everything possible to settle the Karabakh conflict. He announced that there are 3000 Armenian students in Moscow, 2000 of which study free of charge, while 175 get stipend. The RF President mentioned the fact that in Yerevan there are 50 Russian schools and he promised to open Armenian schools in Moscow.
The concert was conducted by the famous announcer of the Russian TV company “Culture” Svyateslav Belza. And the concert was opened by the Dance Ensemble conducted by Igor Mayeseev.
And although the Russian year in Armenia could be opened by a more representative group of musicians, the end of the ceremony was impressive: the famous song “Day of Victory” was sung by RF National artist Lev Leshchenko and Tigran Heqeqyan’s choir “Little singers”. And Svyateslav Belza, noticing the symbolizing detail – “the legend of the Russian song and the future of the Armenian art – the marvelous children, sing together”, announced that next year they will expect the bodies of Armenian art in Moscow during the events of the Armenian year in Russia.
