GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION EVENTS PLANNED IN MOSCOW
Tuesday,
April
22
The Armenian Genocide commemoration events will be held in Moscow,
Regnum news agency reported.
The Armenian community of Moscow and the Russian public are going to
commemorate the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
An event in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide and the
Holocaust is due on April 22 in the Moscow Central Universal Research
Library after Nekrasov. The event will open with an exhibition of
Gyumri-based painter Vachagan Poghosian whose works depict tragic
pages in the histories of the Armenian and Jewish peoples.
A protest will be staged outside the Turkish embassy in Russia on the
morning of April 24. The participants will demand official recognition
of the Armenian Genocide by the Turkish government.
A rally under the slogan “The Armenian Genocide. Crime against
Humanity” is scheduled on the same day at Krasnopresnenskaya Zastava
Square. Speeches will be made by members of State Duma factions,
political figures, and scientists.
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