YEREVAN. – On February 21, the Russian embassy in Armenia organized a reception on the occasion of the Defender of the Fatherland Day, which is observed in Russia on February 23, Zhamanak (Time) newspaper reported.

“Numerous representatives of Armenia’s public, political arena—including from the three parliamentary factions and the non-parliamentary forces—were present at this event.

“[But] those in attendance did not fail to notice that the representatives of the RPA [Republican Party of Armenia], which had absolute power in Armenia just a year ago, were not present at the event,” Zhamanak wrote.