Arsen's older brother also volunteered during the war. Hovnikyan says that when Arsen found out he asked his brother not to go, saying that he’s fighting for everyone.
Yesterday, the group marched to the Russian Embassy, raising the same issue.
Rustam Muradov, who heads the Russian military contingent in Artsakh, and Artsakh State Emergency Service Director Karen Sargsyan attended the meeting.
Armenian Armen Sarkissian has written to Russian President Valdimir Putin, urging him to facilitate issue the return of Armenian POWs now being held by Azerbaijan.
Pashinyan, in a Facebook post earlier today, said that he opposed the idea and suggested that the two travel to Russia in the capacity of former Armenian presidents.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in a Facebook post today, said he had agreed, in principle, to have former Armenian presidents Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Robert Kocharyan leave for Moscow to see if Russia could play a diplomatic role in ending