Markarian Urges Russia To Tackle Hate Crimes

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Prime Minister Andranik Markarian urged Russia’s government to tackle continuing racist attacks on Armenians and minimize losses incurred by Armenian companies as a result of the Russian economic blockade of Georgia during a visit to Moscow on Friday. Marakian was reported by his office in Yerevan to have raised the issues during talks with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Fradkov. A statement by the Armenian government’s press service quoted him as expressing concern about “frequent instances of violence” against Armenians living in Russia. Markarian said the Russian authorities should admit the “ethnic character” of such crimes, the statement said, adding that Fradkov agreed that failure to solve them would be “fraught with negative consequences” for Russian-Armenian ties.READ MORE..

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