13:45 . 30/05
142 Armenians were arrested in consequence of a mass fight in Sochi. The situation in the city was tense for already several days. On the night of May 26 the police prevented the mass fight between Sochi based Armenians and Chechens working in the Olympic district.
According to the information given by the head of Sochi’s “Sevan” Armenian community Hrach Makeyan, the Chechens offended Armenian girls returning from the Last Bell celebration. The girls’ brothers fought with them and the Chechen workers escaped to the Olympic district.
After that, Special Police Force, the police arrived at the scene. Clashes took place with the police, too, in the result of which 142 Armenians were arrested for not obeying the leadership. Now, all of them are already released, and only one person was detained for five days.
RA Minister of Diaspora refused to comment on the incident.