Moscow does not understand why RA premier did not try to `balance`  Zelensky`s statements in Yerevan - Dmitry Peskov

ArmInfo. Russia expects clarification from Armenia regarding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the country, said Dmitry Peskov, the Russian  president's press secretary.

Peskov called Yerevan's provision of a "platform for absolutely  anti-Russian statements" "abnormal," since, in his opinion, this  "doesn't fit with the spirit of our relations with Yerevan." Peskov  explained that Moscow doesn't understand why Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan didn't try to "balance" these statements, RBK reports.

Meanwhile, according to TASS, Peskov, in a conversation with  journalist Pavel Zarubin, noted that it is very important for Moscow  that Yerevan not speak out against Russia. "The main thing is that  Armenia doesn't take an anti-Russian stance. That's what's most  important to us," he said in the context of the EU summit in Yerevan,  which Kyiv also attended.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during his speech  at the 8th European Political Community Summit in Yerevan, threatened  Russia with an attack on Moscow on the day of the Victory Day Parade  on May 9. He advised foreign leaders to avoid attending the parade.  Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated at a  briefing on May 7 that Russia would not forget Yerevan's silence in  the face of Zelenskyy's "terrorist statements" against Moscow.  Moreover, on the same day, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Gurgen  Arsenyan was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, where a  protest was lodged against him.