Armenian Diaspora organizations in Russia have started campaign for adoption by the Russian parliament of the law criminalizing the denial of the “Armenian genocide”, which was passed by the French parliament.
The signature campaign has started in Sochi, the city, which is densely populated by Armenians.
The campaign has been organized by Sochi Armenians Union. Chairman of the organization Valeri Torosyan said the signatures would be submitted to speaker of the parliament Sergei Narishkin, parliamentarians from the United Russia Party and opposition.
The French National Assembly adopted a similar bill at the end of last year. The bill was submitted to the French Senate, the Senate will discuss it on January 23.
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