Russia declared the activities of a number of European and Western structures as anti-Russian and, probably, have assigned to develop a method to severe   those who collaborate with those structures, said Alexander Arzumanyan, referring to the issue of banning the head of the Regional Studies’ Center Stepan Grigoryan’s entry to Russia.

"Apart from being a political scientist and an expert, Stepan Grigoryan served as a deputy ambassador of Armenia to Russia. Therefore, what happened with him needs to be considered against the background of hunting witches in Russia. Probably, they prepared a list. As is known, Russian declared activities of a number of Western European organizations as anti-Russian, and, perhaps , it was assigned to develop a separate strategy to severe those who collaborate with them.”

As for the steps of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia in that regard, Arzumanyan said that he hoped that the MFA will find out whether there was a list of undesirable persons and would suggest to publish that list.

As reported earlier, on Aug. 30 Stepan Grigoryan announced that he was not allowed to enter Russia, and as the report justifies, the ban is stipulated by the law on regulating the entry and the exit from the Russian Federation .