Civil Contract MP steps down ahead of expected appointment as ambassador to Russia

p YEREVAN, August 6. /ARKA/. Gurgen Arsenyan, a member of the ruling Civil Contract party, resigned from his parliamentary mandate, Movses Arutyunyan, assistant to the parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan reported on Tuesday. /p p Previously, Simonyan announced that Armenia would soon appoint a new ambassador to Russia. /p p Media reports suggested that the Armenian government plans to replace the current ambassador to Russia, Vagharshak Harutyunyan, with Gurgen Arsenyan. However, the Russian...