“Hraparak” daily writes:

In “Strong Armenia” they are sure that being associated with Russia has harmed them. anti-Russian sentiments spread to them as well and affected the results of the elections. Vladimir Putin’s famous statement in Moscow on April 1 also greatly damaged them.

Putin said: “There are many political forces that have a pro-Russian position… We would very much like that all those political parties and figures could participate in the internal political work during the elections.”

According to polls, before Putin’s statement, only 13 percent of our public associated Samvel Karapetyan with Russia, and after the statement, about 55 percent.

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