The speaker of the Republic of Armenia National Assembly (RA NA), Alen Simonyan, did not state that “Russia must be crushed, defeated, and eliminated.” The NA speaker’s spokesperson has dismissed this information circulating in the press.

“The information published in Zhoghovurd daily and disseminated in the press that as if Alen Simonyan stated during the meeting with parliamentarians of the Baltic countries that Russia must be crushed, defeated, and eliminated in order for it to be good for us and the Baltic countries is false and does not correspond to reality.

The discussions at the above-mentioned meeting and the entire conference were aimed at the ongoing processes in the region and the democratic development of Armenia.

The RA NA president did not make such a statement during any meeting, the agenda of all meetings is public, and the meetings—videotaped.

At the moment, we are considering the option of refuting—through legal means—this falsification,” noted Alen Simonyan’s press secretary, Movses Harutyunyan.