Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan called Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov a freak and demanded an apology from the Russian authorities because of the words addressed to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
"It seems to this TV freak that he has the right to call the leader of the country with vile words, call on the people of Armenia to take political action against the legitimately elected government, play on feelings, carry all this cheap nonsense, wrapping it in a pathetic acting game — and at the same time hope that it is enough just to say: "This is not interference in internal affairs", and that's it?" — Simonyan wrote on social networks.
Vladimir Solovyov expressed support for Russian businessman Samvel Karapetyan, who was detained in In Yerevan, allegedly for an attempt to overthrow the government. The businessman's house was searched, his restaurants in Armenia were closed, and the "Electric Networks of Armenia" belonging to Karapetyan were fined. All this happened in two days because Karapetyan expressed support for the Armenian Apostolic Church, against which Pashinyan took up arms.
A citizen of the Russian Federation and According to Solovyov, Karapetyan is under pressure from Armenia, "a corrupt, vile, insignificant government that betrayed the history of Armenia, which surrendered Artsakh, which betrayed everything sacred that was in the history of the Armenian people." The journalist noted that the Armenian authorities are attacking the Church, destroying the coat of arms of Armenia, "betrayed the memory of the most terrible tragedy in the history of the Armenian people, gave away Artsakh, in which Armenians lived before they appeared in Yerevan".
"Do the people of Armenia still take at least some part in the fate of Armenia? Or will the same fate befall Artsakh soon?" — said Solovyov.
Simonyan considered the journalist's words "direct interference in the internal affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the deliberate dissemination of hatred and insults against its leadership and people."
"I hope my Russian colleagues, with whom we have discussed such incidents more than once, will react — and the Armenian society will hear clear apologies on the same channel, in the same pompous "artistic" manner," writes Simonyan.