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RUSSIAN PAPER ADDRESSES ARMENIAN PM'S CRITICISM OF MIGRATION PROGRAM
tert.am
04.10.12
The Russian newspaper Vzglyad has addressed Armenian Prime Minister
Tigran Sargsyan's Wednesday statement expressing criticism of
the Russian government's migration program offering jobs to the
Russian-speaking citizens of the former Soviet republics.
Citing the premier, the publication says that the Armenian authorities
were against the proposal from the very outset.
Since its launch in 2006, the program, entitled Compatriots, has
enabled around 1,500 Armenians to move to the Russian Federation.
The Russian publication says it is not the first time the initiative
has come under criticism. A Russian consul in the second largest city
of Gyumri, Vasily Korchmar, had earlier announced plans for suspending
the program permanently.
Russian Ambassador to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko was quoted as
saying last September that no one stands the Armenians in Russia as
some of them seek to cash in on the fact of being immigrants in an
effort to gain political assets.
According to the paper, the Armenians prefer the Kuban province
which has been increasingly populated by Armenian immigrants over
the past years.
Citing bloggers' reports, it says many of the Armenians settle in the
provinces of Krasnoyarsk, Krasnodar and Stavropol, with the Armenian
restaurants in Sochi being the only ones still operating in the
resort city.
Referring to the Krasnodar governor's call for halting the Caucasians'
migration, the paper says further that it was particularly intended
for the Armenian and Azerbaijani migrants.
tert.am
04.10.12
The Russian newspaper Vzglyad has addressed Armenian Prime Minister
Tigran Sargsyan's Wednesday statement expressing criticism of
the Russian government's migration program offering jobs to the
Russian-speaking citizens of the former Soviet republics.
Citing the premier, the publication says that the Armenian authorities
were against the proposal from the very outset.
Since its launch in 2006, the program, entitled Compatriots, has
enabled around 1,500 Armenians to move to the Russian Federation.
The Russian publication says it is not the first time the initiative
has come under criticism. A Russian consul in the second largest city
of Gyumri, Vasily Korchmar, had earlier announced plans for suspending
the program permanently.
Russian Ambassador to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko was quoted as
saying last September that no one stands the Armenians in Russia as
some of them seek to cash in on the fact of being immigrants in an
effort to gain political assets.
According to the paper, the Armenians prefer the Kuban province
which has been increasingly populated by Armenian immigrants over
the past years.
Citing bloggers' reports, it says many of the Armenians settle in the
provinces of Krasnoyarsk, Krasnodar and Stavropol, with the Armenian
restaurants in Sochi being the only ones still operating in the
resort city.
Referring to the Krasnodar governor's call for halting the Caucasians'
migration, the paper says further that it was particularly intended
for the Armenian and Azerbaijani migrants.