RA Prime Minister's spokeswoman Mane Gevorgyan responded to the russian media reports that PM Nikol Pashinyan's grandfather had fought against the Soviet army during the GPW. Quoting TASS in particular, Gevorgyan said.
"Publications on a number of russian websites that RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's grandfather fought against the Soviet Army during the Great Patriotic War are false and pursue political goals. The spread of such a false information that defames the memory of the veteran is sacrilege”.
"We regret that some russian media outlets have published such unconfirmed material using rhetoric which is deliberately spread by certain circles for purely political purposes", also stated Gevorgyan, adding that the initiators of the fraud are trying to hamper Armenian-Russian fraternal relations.