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ARMAVIA STAFF PROTESTED OUTSIDE LOCAL NEWSPAPER OFFICE BECAUSE OF REPUBLISHED EPRESS.AM ARTICLE
epress.am
09.17.2011
Employees of the Armenian air carrier Armavia, and others who had come
to support company owner Mikhail Baghdasarov, were protesting outside
the editorial office of local newspaper Chorrord Inqnishkhanutyun
("Fourth Self-Authority") on Friday.
Apparently, the reason for the protest was the Epress.am article
"Armenian Air Carrier Supplied Arms to Libya?" republished by Chorrord
Inqnishkhanutyun which cited a statement by chief of general staff
of Moldova's national army, General Iurie Dominic, who said that the
IL-76 that arrived in Moldova from Libya, with the aim of picking up a
regular shipment of arms (and it is presumed will go back), belongs to
"an Armenian civil air carrier." (Note, the statement was originally
published by the Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station.)
Epress.am then sought comment from Armenian Department of Civil
Aviation press secretary Nelly Cherchinyan, who said that "only
[Armenian national air carrier] Armavia can comment on this matter."
However, Armavia's press office did not respond to calls at the time.
Later, Armavia press secretary Nana Avetisova informed Epress.am that
Armavia has never had a IL-76 aircraft and only transports passengers
and not cargo.
Chorrord Inqnishkhanutyun reporter Gohar Veziryan, speaking with
Epress.am on Friday, said that nearly no one gathered outside their
office yesterday knew why they had come. "Only a few knew; the rest
were simply ensuring the numbers."
"They were making statements of a damning nature; they were accusing us
of disseminating false information. They were declaring, 'We'll crush
and incinerate the editorial offices - what do you want from the guy,
that man is a benefactor [referring to Mikhail Baghdasarov].' We
were trying as much as possible to explain that we weren't the
original source, that we republished [the story] from Epress.am,
but they didn't want to understand anything - they only threatened
and cursed [at us]," said the journalist. "They initially blamed us,
saying we didn't republish the information identically, but when the
police came and ensured our safe entrance into the building, one of
the women [from the group of protestors] got in with us and I showed
her both the paper's publication and [the article] published on the
Epress.am website."
Veziryan asserted that protestors had brought with them video cameras,
and that Kentron and Yerkir Media TV stations were also present.
In Veziryan's opinion, those people only needed an opportunity to
come out against Chorrord Inqnishkhanutyun, since "We've always paid
attention to Baghdasarov's activities. It was clear that those people
were particularly directed from a specific location."
From: Baghdasarian
epress.am
09.17.2011
Employees of the Armenian air carrier Armavia, and others who had come
to support company owner Mikhail Baghdasarov, were protesting outside
the editorial office of local newspaper Chorrord Inqnishkhanutyun
("Fourth Self-Authority") on Friday.
Apparently, the reason for the protest was the Epress.am article
"Armenian Air Carrier Supplied Arms to Libya?" republished by Chorrord
Inqnishkhanutyun which cited a statement by chief of general staff
of Moldova's national army, General Iurie Dominic, who said that the
IL-76 that arrived in Moldova from Libya, with the aim of picking up a
regular shipment of arms (and it is presumed will go back), belongs to
"an Armenian civil air carrier." (Note, the statement was originally
published by the Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station.)
Epress.am then sought comment from Armenian Department of Civil
Aviation press secretary Nelly Cherchinyan, who said that "only
[Armenian national air carrier] Armavia can comment on this matter."
However, Armavia's press office did not respond to calls at the time.
Later, Armavia press secretary Nana Avetisova informed Epress.am that
Armavia has never had a IL-76 aircraft and only transports passengers
and not cargo.
Chorrord Inqnishkhanutyun reporter Gohar Veziryan, speaking with
Epress.am on Friday, said that nearly no one gathered outside their
office yesterday knew why they had come. "Only a few knew; the rest
were simply ensuring the numbers."
"They were making statements of a damning nature; they were accusing us
of disseminating false information. They were declaring, 'We'll crush
and incinerate the editorial offices - what do you want from the guy,
that man is a benefactor [referring to Mikhail Baghdasarov].' We
were trying as much as possible to explain that we weren't the
original source, that we republished [the story] from Epress.am,
but they didn't want to understand anything - they only threatened
and cursed [at us]," said the journalist. "They initially blamed us,
saying we didn't republish the information identically, but when the
police came and ensured our safe entrance into the building, one of
the women [from the group of protestors] got in with us and I showed
her both the paper's publication and [the article] published on the
Epress.am website."
Veziryan asserted that protestors had brought with them video cameras,
and that Kentron and Yerkir Media TV stations were also present.
In Veziryan's opinion, those people only needed an opportunity to
come out against Chorrord Inqnishkhanutyun, since "We've always paid
attention to Baghdasarov's activities. It was clear that those people
were particularly directed from a specific location."
From: Baghdasarian