He humiliated his people": Russia is waiting for the reaction of the Armenian authorities to the words of the head of the Shirk district in the republic about "Ivans", said the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova. She called the governor's statement unacceptable and recalled that the Nazis disparagingly called Soviet soldiers "Ivans", regardless of nationality. Among them were ethnic Armenians, Zakharova emphasized. One of the leaders of the Soviet army - Marshal Ivan Bagramyan, twice Hero of the Soviet Union - chose this name for himself. Earlier, Governor Arushanyan wrote that "the people of Gyumri are not your Ivans". The Russian Embassy expressed surprise at his words.