“Big slap to “Yedinaya Rosia”
"A big slap to "Yedinaya Rosia"-this is how the major Communist of Armenia views the Communist Party's victory in the Russian State Duma elections.
The Communists won second place in the Russian parliamentary elections. According to First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia Ruben Tovmasyan, this is a great victory because unlike the ruling "Yedinaya Rosia" (United Russia) Party in first place, compared to the previous elections, the Communists doubled their spots in the State Duma.
"If the elections were fair, the Communist Party of Russia would form an absolute majority in the Russian State Duma," Comrade Tovmasyan mentioned.
In any case, the victory of the Russian Communists has inspired Armenian comrades and has filled them with enthusiasm on the threshold of the parliamentary elections in Armenia.
The number one issue facing Armenian Communists' participation in the elections is funding.
"It will be hard for us because we lack funding, propaganda and we have to print materials," the leader of the Communist Party of Armenia said.
According to him, membership fees are the only source of income for the Communist Party of Armenia. The Communists can't rely on the Russian Communists since the law on parties in Armenia bans funding from other countries.
Ruben Tovmasyan has decided to organize donations in order to be able to participate in the elections.
Tovmasyan has no doubt that the Communists will have many seats in the National Assembly, but has trouble stating a figure.
"The regime has methods that can change the whole essence of the elections even two days before the elections," Ruben Tovmasyan says.
