“Armenia senza stivali russi”: le chiamate crescono per il ritiro della base militare russa

1999 — shooting at the market

On 14 April, two Russian border guards, drunk and armed with assault rifles, went to a market in Gyumri and opened random fire. Two people were killed and nine others wounded.

2003 — shooting near the base

On 11 July, several young men tried to enter the Russian military base in Gyumri. They were confronted by a duty officer, a fight broke out, and soldiers opened fire. Gyumri residents Artur Poghosyan and Armen Aroyan were killed, while two others were hospitalised with gunshot wounds.

2015 — murder of a family in Gyumri

On 12 January, all seven members of the Avetisyan family — including a two-year-old girl and a six-month-old boy — were killed in their home with automatic rifle fire. In the early hours of 13 January, a soldier from the 102nd Russian base, Valery Permyakov, was detained while trying to cross into Turkey. He confessed to the killings. On 23 August 2016, a Gyumri court sentenced him to life in prison. He is serving his sentence in Russia, not Armenia.

2018 — unauthorised military drills

On 17 July, units from the 102nd base entered the village of Panik in Shirak province with tanks and other military equipment, without prior permission or warning. They carried out drills involving automatic gunfire and explosions. Villagers fled their homes in panic.

2018 — murder of an elderly woman

On the morning of 3 December, 57-year-old Julietta Ghukasyan was beaten to death outside her home on Mayakovsky Street in Gyumri. On 11 December, a soldier from the 102nd base was arrested for the crime.

Let’s also not forget kidnapping of Russian people on Armenian soil without permission.

I don’t care if they’re Russian or Azerbaijan, people in Armenia are guests in our house, we decide what we want to do with them, not Russia, regardless of its their citizen.