Dmitry Peskov: There are more Armenians living in Russia than in Armenia

Do you know that there are more Armenians living in Russia than in Armenia? Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov asked this during his lecture at the Knowledge: The First marathon.

“And they [i.e. the Armenians living in Russia] are Russians, and it’s good for them here. And we love them, and they love us,” added Peskov.

The Kremlin spokesperson stressed that Russians and Armenians have lived this way for centuries.

“And that’s why we highly value the high quality of our relations with Armenia,” Dmitry Peskov added.