YEREVAN. – The delegation of Russian public figures on Thursday visited Memorial to the Armenian Genocide victims (Tsitsernakaberd). The delegates laid wreaths at the Memorial and visited Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (photos).  

Prior to the trip to Armenia, they paid a visit to Nagorno-Karabakh on August 25-28.

The delegation of Russian public figures and journalists, including ex-spy Anna Chapman, arrived on a visit to Nagorno-Karabakh at the initiative of “Armenian-Russian cooperation” organization.

The delegation includes ex-employee of the Russian intelligence, author and host of a program broadcasted on Russian Ren-TV channel Anna Chapman, a member of the Public Chamber of Russia Denis Dvornikov, human rights activist Sergey Karnaukhov, correspondent of the Russian Reporter magazine Alexandra Ryzhkova and others.