ArmInfo. The Board of the Council of the All-Russian Public Organization "Union of Armenians of Russia"(UAR) decided to support Sergey Sobyanin's candidacy in the upcoming election of the mayor of the Russian capital to be held on September 9, 2018.
According to the UAR, one of the factors that determine this support is that "during S. Sobyanin's tenure of office the Strategy of the National Policy of the City of Moscow was accepted and successfully implemented, guaranteeing free national and cultural development of representatives of all peoples living in the Russian capital. During this period, with the support of the Moscow City Government, a number of projects important for the development of the Armenian community in Moscow and the deepening of Russian-Armenian humanitarian ties were implemented, including such city-wide holidays as the Day of Armenian Writing, the "Apricot" Festival, ''Solidarity'' International Prize, as well as measures to perpetuate the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, etc.''. As noted in the message, "our goal is to present the stand of the Union of Armenians of Russia to the electorate not only related to supporting Sobyanin, but also about the importance of voting, as the exercise of one of the main political rights of citizens guaranteed by the Constitution of Russia."