LEADING RUSSIAN POLITICIAN THINKS COVERAGE OF TOPIC OF ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE OF 1915 IN OTTOMAN TURKEY POOR
KRASNODAR, JULY 29. ARMINFO. The topic of Armenian Genocide in Russia
is not covered today, says Vice Chairman of the Democratic Party
“Yabloko” Sergey Mitrokhin in his interview to the newspaper of the
Armenians of Russia “Yerkramas.”
According to the source, Mitrokhin thinks “Yabloko” the only party to
adopt a special statement in connection with the 90th anniversary of
the Armenian genocide. He says “Yabloko” was an active supporter of
adoption of a relevant statement on Genocide by the State Duma in
1995. Then a member of the State Duma Committee for CIS, he personally
was among those to pushed through this document. Once Russian
announced its position on the issue of Armenian Genocide in Turkey,
but it was the former authorities, now the power has changed, and we
have not heard anything on this issue from the current authorities so
far. I think it is very dangerous, not speaking of humanistic
ideas. Proceeding from political pragmatism, Armenia at present is the
most friendly country for Russia in the CIS, and among the states
surrounding it. And for such a country, of course, it is necessary to
make steps it is waiting for. And the president could have said
several words in this connection, at last, he has unlimited
opportunities now, Mitrokhin thinks.
He condemns lack of information of the Armenian Genocide and Holocaust
in the history textbooks in Russia, calling it degradation in
education in Russia.