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RUSSIAN STATE DUMA'S COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: "THE PROPOSAL OF PENALIZATION OF DENIAL OF "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" IN RUSSIA IS A PROVOCATION"
APA
Jan 13 2012
Azerbaijan
"The democracy in the European Union and other countries became an
absurd and the French parliament's draft law is also an absurd"
Moscow. Farid Akbarov - APA. "The proposal of penalization of denial
of "Armenian genocide" in the multinational Russian Federation is a
provocation and it can undermine the state", said the chairman of the
Russian State Duma's committee on CIS issues Alexei Ostrovsky, APA
correspondent reports from Moscow. He said level of the democratic
development in the European Union and other countries became an
absurd. "Those countries are suffering from it. The French parliament's
draft law is also an absurd".
Ostrovski said Armenians live in the south of Russia, Krasnodar oblast,
as well as in other regions. "Armenians live in France and the United
States as well. But it doesn't mean that the Russian society should
accept this idea. I consider that the adoption of this law exceeds
the norms of democratic and civil society".
The lawmaker said it wouldn't be correct to raise this issue. "All
nations and peoples are equal for us. We have friendly relations
with all of them. I think it is not reasonable to open Pandora's box
because it will be difficult to close it later".
Recently "Union of Sochi Armenians" based in Sochi, Russia has started
campaign for adoption a law penalizing denial of "Armenian genocide"
in Russia too. Chairman of the organization Valery Torosyan said the
collected signatures would be sent to the speaker of the State Duma
Sergei Narishkin, ruling United Russia Party and the lawmakers from
the opposition.
From: A. Papazian
APA
Jan 13 2012
Azerbaijan
"The democracy in the European Union and other countries became an
absurd and the French parliament's draft law is also an absurd"
Moscow. Farid Akbarov - APA. "The proposal of penalization of denial
of "Armenian genocide" in the multinational Russian Federation is a
provocation and it can undermine the state", said the chairman of the
Russian State Duma's committee on CIS issues Alexei Ostrovsky, APA
correspondent reports from Moscow. He said level of the democratic
development in the European Union and other countries became an
absurd. "Those countries are suffering from it. The French parliament's
draft law is also an absurd".
Ostrovski said Armenians live in the south of Russia, Krasnodar oblast,
as well as in other regions. "Armenians live in France and the United
States as well. But it doesn't mean that the Russian society should
accept this idea. I consider that the adoption of this law exceeds
the norms of democratic and civil society".
The lawmaker said it wouldn't be correct to raise this issue. "All
nations and peoples are equal for us. We have friendly relations
with all of them. I think it is not reasonable to open Pandora's box
because it will be difficult to close it later".
Recently "Union of Sochi Armenians" based in Sochi, Russia has started
campaign for adoption a law penalizing denial of "Armenian genocide"
in Russia too. Chairman of the organization Valery Torosyan said the
collected signatures would be sent to the speaker of the State Duma
Sergei Narishkin, ruling United Russia Party and the lawmakers from
the opposition.
From: A. Papazian