Zakharova urges Pashinyan to pay attention to his treatment of Armenian citizens

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has urged Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan to pay attention to how he treats his own citizens, responding to claims that Moscow has allegedly launched a campaign against him.

Zakharova said Western media outlets had claimed that Russia was supposedly running an “anti-Pashinyan campaign.”

She called on people to pay attention to “those Armenian citizens at whom Pashinyan was simply shouting; the woman who ‘should be grateful’ that, as he said, her head was not smashed against the wall of a corner bathroom.”

“Look at this man. My heart is truly bleeding. Watch this video: an elderly man whose grandson had died, who came to a rally at Pashinyan’s call, asked a question, and was then accused of coming there for $50.”

“Does cynicism have no limits when this situation is being blamed on Russia? What does Russia have to do with it?” Zakharova asked. “No, it’s not us. It’s Pashinyan.”