"Working with Me or My Faction through Blackmail is the Worst Method" - Avinyan

"Working with me or my faction through blackmail is the worst method, because we do not succumb to such methods," said Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan in response to Vahagn Avagyan, the head of the City Council’s "Public Voice" faction.

"My attitude towards people who meddle in the personal lives of state or community officials, imposing things through the lowest level of blackmail, is very negative. Consequently, there are no privileged conditions for such people and there cannot be, Mr. Avagyan. This is my clear stance, regardless of the political situation or the dynamics in the council composition."