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RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE NOT RIGHT PLACE FOR VIOLENT PROTESTS - EXPERTS
21:58 * 14.01.15
The Russian military base stationed in Gyumri is not the right place
for political protests amid human passions running high, political
scientist Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan told Tert.am as he commented on
the latest public protests in front of Russian military base 102.
"There is an embassy and law-enforcement agencies. It is clear that no
officer or law-enforcer will ever hand a criminal over to a crowd. And
it is wrong to hold a protest there, especially when passions run
high and people are on the point of violating the law," he said.
A public memorial service for the murdered Avetisyan family has been
held at the Holy Sign church in Gyumri. At the same time, numerous
residents moved toward the Russian military base and demanded that
the murderer, Russian soldier Valeri Permyakov, be handed over to
Armenian law-enforcers.
Mr Melik-Shahnazaryan points out the need for respecting legal norms.
"The investigation is in progress and the issue of handing the criminal
over to the Armenian side has not yet been settled. It is clear that
discussions are under way, so it is right to wait now. But a military
base is not the right place for a political protest," he said.
Political scientist Alexander Markarov told Tert.am that emotions
prevent people from thinking rationally.
"Different people show different reactions to the same event. The
problem is that it is such people that live in Gyumri and their nerves
will naturally fail them," he said.
The Gyumri residents have always been hospitable to Russian servicemen,
and the protest was actually the result of their indignation.
Styopa Safaryan, Head of the Armenian Institute of International
and Security Affairs (AIISA), told Tert.am that Gyumri is shocked by
the tragedy.
"I am here in Gyumri now. People have many questions that have not
so far been answered. Even the head of the Shirak diocese of the
Armenian Apostolic Church Mikael Ajapahyan has said that Gyumri has
a right to demand. Many of Gyumri residents ask 'did a soldier come
to Gyumri to do that? We must get answers.' This is what each Gyumri
resident is saying now."
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/14/meliq-shahnazarian/1559375
21:58 * 14.01.15
The Russian military base stationed in Gyumri is not the right place
for political protests amid human passions running high, political
scientist Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan told Tert.am as he commented on
the latest public protests in front of Russian military base 102.
"There is an embassy and law-enforcement agencies. It is clear that no
officer or law-enforcer will ever hand a criminal over to a crowd. And
it is wrong to hold a protest there, especially when passions run
high and people are on the point of violating the law," he said.
A public memorial service for the murdered Avetisyan family has been
held at the Holy Sign church in Gyumri. At the same time, numerous
residents moved toward the Russian military base and demanded that
the murderer, Russian soldier Valeri Permyakov, be handed over to
Armenian law-enforcers.
Mr Melik-Shahnazaryan points out the need for respecting legal norms.
"The investigation is in progress and the issue of handing the criminal
over to the Armenian side has not yet been settled. It is clear that
discussions are under way, so it is right to wait now. But a military
base is not the right place for a political protest," he said.
Political scientist Alexander Markarov told Tert.am that emotions
prevent people from thinking rationally.
"Different people show different reactions to the same event. The
problem is that it is such people that live in Gyumri and their nerves
will naturally fail them," he said.
The Gyumri residents have always been hospitable to Russian servicemen,
and the protest was actually the result of their indignation.
Styopa Safaryan, Head of the Armenian Institute of International
and Security Affairs (AIISA), told Tert.am that Gyumri is shocked by
the tragedy.
"I am here in Gyumri now. People have many questions that have not
so far been answered. Even the head of the Shirak diocese of the
Armenian Apostolic Church Mikael Ajapahyan has said that Gyumri has
a right to demand. Many of Gyumri residents ask 'did a soldier come
to Gyumri to do that? We must get answers.' This is what each Gyumri
resident is saying now."
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/14/meliq-shahnazarian/1559375