It's a Historic Gesture: Alek Simonyan's Mother on Showing the Middle Finger and Spitting

Alek Simonyan's mother has explained to the police that by showing the middle finger to protesters, she demonstrated her invincibility. According to Simonyan's mother, Maria Hovhannisyan, the middle finger is a gesture of invincibility, and notably, a historic one. This was reported by Oragir.news.

She mentioned this in her explanation to the police. As for the incident of spitting on the protesters, Maria Hovhannisyan stated that she did not spit but merely mimicked the act of spitting.

The police have rejected a request to initiate a criminal case against Alek Simonyan.