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17 September 2009 - 16:44 AMT

Armenian diaspora in Russia closed to the Russians for a long time

Since Soviet times the number of murders killings of Armenians in Russia has not changed, Victor Krivopuskov , advisor to the Embassy of Russia in Armenia and the Head of Federal Agency for CIS Affairs, compatriots living abroad and international humanitarian cooperation told a press conference in Yerevan.

According to him, ethnic-national crime in Russia reach 70 per cent and only 30 per cent is the work of the Russians,” Mr. Krivopuskov said.

He also said negative information environment ahs been shaped in Armenia concerning the killings of Armenians in Russia. “The press without having understood what had happened, immediately report the next murder of an Armenian,” Mr.Krovopuskov said, adding that every death of the Armenians is “like a knife in the heart” for him.

Mr. Krivopuskov also mentioned that the Armenian Diaspora in Russia has been closed to the Russians for a long time and only recently they began to carry out joint activities.