Mediaport had reported on its Telegram channel that neighbors had shoved and cursed at Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan; his spokesman, Hakob Karapetyan, has explained the incident.

"Last Saturday and Sunday, Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan was cleaning the snow cover around his house with his son.

On Sunday afternoon, a passer-by, who was obviously in an intoxicated condition, manifested a conduct that violated public order, in response to which the mayor made a remark and demanded that the citizen observe the rules of etiquette in public.

Later, the relatives of the intoxicated citizen met with Mayor Marutyan, noted that their son, being intoxicated, had not recognized the mayor, manifested inappropriate conduct, and apologized for the incident.

Hayk Marutyan considers the incident over," Karapetyan wrote, in particular, on Facebook.