YEREVAN. - New Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan reacts with a smile to the rumors on that he is a Russian stooge.  

Karapetyan told the aforementioned to journalists in the parliament on Wednesday.

To the question on how he treats such rumors, the PM answered briefly: “With a smile.”

Prior to his appointment as a prime minister, Karapetyan was the general director of ArmRosGazprom natural gas company.