If Russia cannot do anything at this moment, then let it tell us, pretend why it doesn't say. Speaker Alen Simonyan of the National Assembly of Armenia stated this on the air of the state-funded Public Television, and responding to the program host's remark that the press secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated that the peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan continue even in this situation.

"And why is this situation? And who is the guarantor of not being in this situation?" asked Simonyan, to which the program host replied that there is a war in Ukraine, and therefore Russia is not in a good state and cannot resist.

"Then tell us, tell us about it. Why don't you tell about it? Say, 'You know what, we can't do anything now.' But pretending, or leaving us [Armenia] in this situation... I'm sorry, but we don't have that resource. We are a small country of three million people, and for us every meter...It is Russia which has very large territories, and for us every meter has the highest cost in blood and history. Yes, the negotiations on the peace agreement [between Armenia and Azerbaijan] are ongoing, they are being discussed, and I have great hope that we will be able to implement that peace agreement in the near future," said the Armenian parliament speaker.

Regarding the remark that Russia does not assist Armenia because it does not like the incumbent Armenian authorities, Simonyan said that if the price of security is their leaving from power, then let Russia talk openly about it.

"Let them say openly, we will leave right now. In general, it is not a matter to discuss. It is something fake, made up. Yes, we are in power that need not receive ‘approval’ from Brussels, Moscow, Washington. Our ‘approval’ is the Armenian people, from Meghri to the last point. Yes, our people elected us, and our authorities get the ‘approval’ from our people. It’s not a matter of liking or disliking. There are interests," he said.

"Did the 2020 Artsakh [(Nagorno-Karabakh)] war have anything to do with the events taking place in Syria? Yes, it did. Did the Artsakh war have anything to do with the future military operations in Ukraine? Yes, it did. And it is the different pieces of a ‘puzzle.’ There can't be a second opinion; let's not deceive ourselves that it likes one and doesn't like the other," said Simonyan.