The famous TV presenter Lusine Tovmasyan has announced the termination of the contract with the Public Television Company of Armenia. The reason for this drastic decision was the management’s move to remove him from the air after an independent interview with the world-famous pianist Lang Lang and conductor Sergey Smbatyan for his social media accounts.

In her official statement, the presenter clarified that the director of the TV company Hovhannes Movsisyan instructed her to be replaced by another presenter in the already filmed project.

According to Tovmasyan, the management made this decision directly due to the above-mentioned interview, although there is no provision in his employment contract prohibiting such activity. The presenter emphasized that she has always adhered to professional ethics, avoiding political processes, winning game advertisements and cooperation with competing channels, preferring exclusively cultural initiatives.

He described the created situation not as a professional, but as a result of personal motivations of the management, categorically adding that he refuses to become a tool for solving other people’s problems. For Tovmasyan, the fact that Lang Lang’s concert, which inadvertently became the cause of the conflict, was filmed by the order and resources of the Public Television Company was particularly paradoxical.

Despite the break in relations with the management, he warmly thanked the creative staff of Channel One and expressed hope to return to the air in the future with a fairer working atmosphere.

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