YEREVAN. – Russia suffers from the same illness as Armenia because they are in the Anglo-American domain, opposition and former Karabakh Committee member Ashot Manucharyan noted during a press conference on Thursday, reflecting on the observation that Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan did not attend the NATO Summit in Chicago when Russian leader Vladimir Putin likewise did not participate.

Manucharyan stated that Russia still has the potential to say “no” to the policy being imposed upon it and, at present, this country is deciding on its future course of action.         

And in response to the query as to whether The Civilitas Foundation’s founder, former FM, and Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan Oskanian will be put behind bars in connection with the criminal case launched against The Civilitas Foundation and on charges of money laundering, the opposition member said this is ethically unacceptable, but politics dictate.      

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