“Hraparak” daily writes:

According to some information, the Russian circles are considering the change of Ara Abrahamyan, the president of the Union of Armenians of Russia.

Ara Abrahamyan has been the president of this public organization since 2000. In 2003, he was elected the president of the international union of Armenian non-governmental organizations “World Armenian Congress”, created the Russia-Argentina Council of Businessmen and is currently its co-chairman from the Russian side.

He is also the co-chairman of the Franco-Russian Association. He was re-elected several times as the chairman of the NGO, but there are reports that now the Russian authorities are dissatisfied with him and are discussing candidates for his replacement.

Russian sources say that the most likely is the candidacy of Viktor Soghomonyan, the former press secretary of the second president, the former official of the office. The versions of Kamo Avagumyan and Karen Shahnazarov are also discussed.

However, Kamo Avagumyan, the owner of “Avalon” company and the representative of “Mercedes” in Russia, is more engaged in business, and community issues may be subordinated, and Shahnazarov is more interested in Russian interests than in Armenian ones.

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