Armenia’s opposition Homeland Salvation Movement on Friday released a video telling about the political activity of the coalition’s candidate for interim prime minister, statesman Vazgen Manukyan.
On 24 April 1967, Vazgen Manukyan, who was then studying at the Moscow State University, staged a protest along with a group of his friends in front of the Turkish Embassy in Moscow, the video said.
The demonstration was unprecedented and prompted a widespread reaction in the Soviet Union, after which Vazgen Manukyan was expelled from the university.
This marks the beginning of his political activity, the movement noted.
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