SOCHI. – The Armenian Union of Sochi intends to meet with the Mayor of Sochi and to make sure that appropriate measures are taken in order to calm down the tension between the local Armenians and the Dagestani construction workers, chairman of the Armenian Union of Sochi Valery Torosyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, a huge fight had broken out in Sochi on May 1 in which around 100 people were involved. As a result, one of the participants, Sochi’s well-known athlete, master of Taekwondo Yury Garanyan, 24, died of a stab wound. 

On the night of May 26-27 the police arrested around 250 people who wanted to start a fight with the construction workers of the Olympic village in Sochi. It started when the girls from Chereshnya village, Adler, Russia, went out for a walk in the evening and were offended by the construction workers from Dagestan, who were very “sticky.” The girls complained to their brothers and boyfriends. As a result, the Armenian youth formed a group to protect the honor of their girlfriends and decided to give the construction workers a lesson. They headed toward the Olympic village, but the construction workers immediately called the police, who arrested 250 people.