The Russian Embassy in Armenia was confused by Governor Chirak's statements The Russian Embassy in Armenia was confused by the sentence: "Gyumri is not your "Nizhny Tabor", and the people of Gyumri are not your "Ivans", written by the Governor of the region Chirak Arushanyan. It inevitably resembles the vocabulary of the German Nazis during the Great Patriotic War, the diplomatic mission added. "I would not like to think that the official in charge of the area where the 102nd Russian military base and the Russian border guard serve, considers it acceptable to make public statements that could provoke national hostility towards the Russians, something that would fundamentally contradict the centuries-old spirit of friendship between the peoples of our countries."

The Russian Embassy in Armenia was confused by Governor Chirak's statements The Russian Embassy in Armenia was confused by the sentence: "Gyumri is not your "Nizhny Tabor", and the people of Gyumri are not your "Ivans", written by the Governor of the region Chirak Arushanyan. It inevitably resembles the vocabulary of the German Nazis during the Great Patriotic War, the diplomatic mission added. "I would not like to think that the official in charge of the area where the 102nd Russian military base and the Russian border guard serve, considers it acceptable to make public statements that could provoke national hostility towards the Russians, something that would fundamentally contradict the centuries-old spirit of friendship between the peoples of our countries."