Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for the CIS, Eurasian integration and Communications with Compatriots, Leonid Kalashnikov, and the committee members paid a visit to the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

On behalf of the Duma, the guests laid a wreath at the genocide monument, placed flowers before the Eternal Flame, and paid a silent tribute to the holy martyrs of this tragedy.

They also toured the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.

“Innocent people are dying today, as well,” said Kalashnikov. “All forces need to be combined to prevent new universal tragedies.”