November 17, 2009 - 21:29 AMT
Andrey Kondrashov: Armenians and Russians are happy people - no one prevents us from calling each other friends
"Our presidents maintain friendly relations, we have common policy and position on global issues. Armenians and Russians are happy people -our politicians share no differences, no one prevents us from calling each other friends. Here's a striking example of policy affecting relations between peoples," Vesti informational program presenter, political observer Andrey Kondrashov stated.

He noted that Armenians and Russians understand each other, and can communicate using the same language. "Armenian colleagues share the same problems as we do. During out meeting with Armenian journalists we spoke about censorship, social responsibility and coverage of official events in Russia and Armenia. "Our countries are so alike, one wonders why we live is different states," Andrey Kondrashov noted.