Tamar Palandjian from Armyouth forwarded me a call to arms of sorts this morning which I’m posting here because of comments made on a post earlier in the week. Unfortunately, Armenians are very good at protesting against injustices in Turkey, Azerbaijan and even Georgia, but do little or next to nothing when the Republic’s “strategic ally,” Russia, is involved.

Given a recent post on this blog on the matter, however, it’s time for all that to change. This is the announcement sent to me regarding the protest action planned for later today.

Narek Kocharyan, 15 years old - killed in Podmoskovie, Russia a few days ago…just because he was Armenian.

Within the past few months, Vigen Abrahamyants, Samvel Tadevosyan and Narek Grigoryan have also ethnic Armenians been killed in Russia… because they were Armenian.

Moreover, according to Regnum.ru “at least 3000 Armenians were killed in Russia within the past ten years.”…

Unfortunately, the Russian government is not taking many actions to fight against these barbaric murders and the trend is not going away anytime soon. Several times, there have been recently organized (within the past two years) in front of the Russian Embassy in Yerevan with hopes that there would be an apologetic statement or some recognition of such barbaric murders. Yet there has been no response.

We shall now be underpinning the responsibility and accountability of the Republic of Armenia, which is constitutionally designated to protect Armenian citizens in foreign countries trough MFA and Embassies abroad. We are going to demand concrete and prompt actions of Armenian Government towards slack and unclear legal processes, legal arbitrariness and disrespect for Armenian citizens and ethnic Armenians in the Russian Federation.

Please do not stay ignorant, TAKE ACTION! Join us today, November 17 at 15:00 in front of Ministry of Foreign Affairs to show your support against these murders of ethnic Armenians in Russia.

yours truly,

Isabella
On behalf of a group of citizens

Here’s hoping that the turnout will be better than a recent protest organized outside the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Yerevan, but even so, I’m glad to see such actions are being staged. So, if you’re free today and you truly care about the victimization of Armenians wherever they are, why not come along and let your voice be heard.