RYZHKOV: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WORLD POWERS KEPT SILENT FOR MANY YEARS SHOULD BE DENOUNCED

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armin Wegner and the Armenian Genocide exhibition opened in Moscow Tuesday at the hall of the Russian Cultural Fund. The exhibition, organized by the Russian-Armenia Cooperation Organization and the Russian Cultural Fund, is the brightest event out of those marking the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Russian capital, reported the Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia. The exhibits are based on the book by Italian author Giovanni Guaita A Cry form Ararat: Armin Wegner and the Armenian Genocide recently published in Moscow. Russian State Duma Deputies, prominent scholars, representatives of the Serbian, Kurdish, Assyrian, Tatar communities of Moscow attended the opening ceremony. Senator Nikolay Ryzhkov was the first person the evening host Artem Karapetian gave an opportunity to speak. Recalling the recent common past, Mr. Ryzhkov noted the importance of denouncing the mass crime, of which world powers kept silent for many years. He noted that it is very important today for non-Armenians to join the fair struggle of the Armenian people. MP Natalia Narochinskaya noted with regret that the small nation was sacrificed to the interests of world powers. The speech of Professor Yuri Barsegov attracted special interest as usual. The international law specialist considers that the recognition of the Armenian Genocide should be achieved via International Law with the following compensation. Armin Wegner and the Armenian Genocide is the third work of the Italian scholar referring to the Armenian issue. He addressed the topic to present the rich archive of the German officer, an eyewitness of the horrible events to the world, thus reminding the humanity the cruel pages of the history. At present Guaita works on his fourth work devoted to Armenians.

As reported by head of the Russian-Armenian Cooperation Organization Yuri Navoyan, in cooperation with Armenian communities the exhibition will be presented in the Russian regions.