The spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated that Armenia's potential introduction of a visa regime may be directed not against Moscow, but against Yerevan:
"If Armenia suddenly introduces visas, it will not be against us, but against its own citizens," Zakharova said at the Eastern Economic Forum:
She emphasized that this decision will also affect those Russian citizens who have many relatives in Armenia:
The Eastern Economic Forum is taking place from September 1 to 4 in Vladivostok:
