From 2004\u20132005, Armenians made up 5% of the total number of emigrants to Russia, but that number significantly increased in 2006, said government expert Harutyun Mesrobyan at a press conference today.<\/p>\n
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“In particular, in 2005, 8,000 Armenians left for Russia; in 2006, 13,000; in 2007, 31,000; and in 2008, 36,000 citizens of Armenia,” said the expert, adding that the oligarchic system and the moral-psychological situation in Armenia supports such volumes of emigration. <\/p>\n
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Mesrobyan also said that he completely doesn’t understand what the Diaspora of Ministry is up to.<\/p>\n
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“They should’ve supported immigration; but you don’t know what they’re doing. I think that it’s time for them to go on pensions,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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