YEREVAN.- The Armenian Genocide is a terrible crime which will remain in the memory of all Armenians forever, Russian political analyst said during the Moscow-Yerevan space bridge.

Vladimir Zakharov, Director of the Institute of Political and Social Researches of the Black Sea and Caspian Region, said Turkish authorities are distorting historic facts, cheating their people.

In a present-day Turkey some authors are cynically telling that “the Armenians left everything and fled their homes.” Such books are being printed in Turkey now, Zakharov said.

He stressed that the genocide of Armenians in Sumgait and Baku is an echo of the 100-year-old bloody tragedy.

“Today, the people who are trying to present themselves friendly to the world do not differ much from the Turks. They are only thinking about cheating,” he added.

“The Turks are afraid to admit the sins of their ancestors, in order to avoid the return of Armenians to their historic homeland and compensation to the heirs of all the innocent dead. These two years must put an end to this: the world must condemn what they did to the Armenians,” Zakharov concluded.