RF Presidential Committee chairman asks Armenian ambassador to deal with discrimination of Russian citizens at Zvartnots airport

ArmInfo. Advisor to the  President of Russia, Chairman of the Presidential Committee for Civil  Society and Human Rights (HRC) Valery Fadeyev sent a letter to the  Ambassador of Armenia to the Russian Federation Vagharshak  Harutyunyan, in which she asked him to look into the situation in  connection with cases of discrimination against Russians at the  Zvartnots International Airport.

The published statement notes that the Council has received appeals  from Russian citizens who have faced violations of their rights by  representatives of the Armenian air carrier FlyOne and employees of  the Zvartnots International Airport. It goes on to describe several  complaints that they have received.

"Having reviewed the publications in open sources, we have come to  the conclusion that the situations described, unfortunately, are not  isolated cases.

We ask you to bring the above information to the attention of the  competent authorities of the Republic of Armenia, as well as our  position on the inadmissibility of such incidents with citizens of  the Russian Federation," reads, in particular, the letter sent on  July 23 by the adviser to the President of the Russian Federation,  Chairman of the Human Rights Council Valery Fadeev to the Ambassador  of Armenia to the Russian Federation Vagharshak Harutyunyan. In this  regard, the head of the Human Rights Council also drew attention to  the problem of overbooking, noting that despite the fact that this  is, unfortunately, a global practice, it must be recognized that it  is vicious and violates the rights of consumers.