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Armenian National Congress MP Nikol Pashinyan today at the start of the fourth sitting of the National Assembly raised the issue of the incident that occurred in Syunik marz last week. Recall, during Heritage Party MP candidate Samvel Hayrapetyan's campaign in the region, Russian border guards near Lichk village Wednesday evening stopped vehicles carrying Heritage Party members. When MP Zaruhi Postanjyan asked the guards to explain why they were being stopped, one of the guards broke a Heritage Party member's video camera.
Pashinyan today asked whether National Assembly President Hovik Abrahamyan took steps to find out based on what right did Russian border guards inspect Postanjyan.
"I expected that I would find out that you would've asked and received an explanation on what right FSB [Federal Security Service] officers have to take [such] action. I myself have appealed in writing to NSS [National Security Service] Director Gorik Hakobyan, expecting that he will provide an explanation," said Pashinyan.
"I received a letter from the commander of the Russian border troops, the contents of which I have not yet become familiar with. I will read it during the break and will deal with it within the boundaries of the law. I definitely agree with your view, that [such] inspections are the exclusive authority of Armenian law enforcement bodies," said Abrahamyan.