Hraparak daily of the Republic of Armenia (RA) writes as follows, in particular: Yesterday, authorities’ MP Lusine Badalyan reported that she was not allowed to enter Russia. But she does not know why.

We learned that Lulu is not the only one [in Armenia] whose entry into the RF [i.e. the Russian Federation] is blocked. There is a blacklist made up of about 1,500 names of representatives of the RA authorities and their supporting NGO sector, whose entry into Russia is prohibited. Among them are also businessman Khachatur Sukiasyan, former MPs Marina Ghazaryan, Gagik Melkonyan, Hasmik Hakobyan, Tsovinar Vardanyan, and others.

All of the listed persons have made anti-Russian public statements at various times and for this reason have been deprived of the right to enter [Russia].