CRIMEAN PARLIAMENT RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
YEREVAN, MAY 20. ARMINFO. Thursday the Verkhovnaya Rada (Parliament)
of the Crimea, Ukraine, poclaimed Apr 24 as the day to commemorate
the victims of the Armenian Genocide, reports REGNUM.
The decision was passed on the initiative of MP Sergey Shuvaynikov
heading the Congress of the Russian Communities of the Crimea.
59 of 62 MPs voted for the decision. "Such memorable days should be
in history. I guess the Armenian community will be grateful to us,"
says Shuvaynikov.
YEREVAN, MAY 20. ARMINFO. Thursday the Verkhovnaya Rada (Parliament)
of the Crimea, Ukraine, poclaimed Apr 24 as the day to commemorate
the victims of the Armenian Genocide, reports REGNUM.
The decision was passed on the initiative of MP Sergey Shuvaynikov
heading the Congress of the Russian Communities of the Crimea.
59 of 62 MPs voted for the decision. "Such memorable days should be
in history. I guess the Armenian community will be grateful to us,"
says Shuvaynikov.