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HAIRIKIAN SUPPORTS KASPAROV

Politics

The Chairman of the “Union for National Self-Determination” party Paruyr Hairikian condemns the arrest of the leader of the oppositional United Civil Front Garry Kasparov. “We were good friends with Garry Kasparov, he was the member of “Democracy and Independence” organization and wanted to see Russia improved”, said Paruyr Hairikian to “A1+” and added: “If you are the citizen of the Russian Federation, you should share the difficulties and bitterness”.

The Chairman of the “Union for National Self-Determination” party is going to write an open letter to Garry Kasparov, since he remembers the years of their cooperation: “I wish him good luck and staunchness. In 1991 he appealed to the Armenian nation to vote for me”.

Paruyr Hairikian does not exclude that the same scenario may be imitated in Armenia. On 24 November the leader of the United Civil Front Garry Kasparov was detained in Moscow. He was detained for 5 days for the participation in a prohibited action.

The executive director of United Civil Front Denis Belunov announced that the famous chessman was beaten violently before the arrest. “But we fear for the worst: he has to eat and drink what he is given in the prison and we do not exclude any tragic version”, he said.