FILM DIRECTOR MIKAEL DOVLATIAN FEELS BETTER
By Nana Petrosian
AZG Armenian Daily
27/04/2006
Film director Mikael Dovlatian, secretary of RA Union of
Cinematographers, feels better. It's noteworthy that he was attacked
on Monday evening, in Moscow. A group of unknown young men attacked
Dovlatian in front of Akademicheskaya hotel, where he was staying.
Mr. Dovlatian was participating in the annual Forum of Cinematographers
currently held in Moscow. The leadership of the forum and its
participants expressed their indignation and concern to the
administration of Moscow in a letter of protest. "We are stating
that such incidents can become destructive for the development of
humanitarian cooperation," the letter stretched. The chairmen of
the cinematographers' unions from Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania,
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine signed the letter.
Ruben Gevorgiants, chairman of the RA Union of Cinematographers,
stated that the incident aroused the indignation of the Armenian
cinematographers. "That was a disgraceful incident that may happen
in Moscow to everyone each five seconds," Gevorgiants said.
By Nana Petrosian
AZG Armenian Daily
27/04/2006
Film director Mikael Dovlatian, secretary of RA Union of
Cinematographers, feels better. It's noteworthy that he was attacked
on Monday evening, in Moscow. A group of unknown young men attacked
Dovlatian in front of Akademicheskaya hotel, where he was staying.
Mr. Dovlatian was participating in the annual Forum of Cinematographers
currently held in Moscow. The leadership of the forum and its
participants expressed their indignation and concern to the
administration of Moscow in a letter of protest. "We are stating
that such incidents can become destructive for the development of
humanitarian cooperation," the letter stretched. The chairmen of
the cinematographers' unions from Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania,
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine signed the letter.
Ruben Gevorgiants, chairman of the RA Union of Cinematographers,
stated that the incident aroused the indignation of the Armenian
cinematographers. "That was a disgraceful incident that may happen
in Moscow to everyone each five seconds," Gevorgiants said.