CIS States Institute director commented on the conflict between Armenian population of Russian city of Sochi and Dagestan and Chechnya nationals working at Olympic construction in the city.

“I don’t believe any third side to have caused the clashes between the workers and Sochi’s Armenian population,” Kostantin Zatulin told a news conference in Yerevan.

According to the Russian politician, “one doesn’t expect high levels of sophistication from construction workers.”

Clashes between Armenian and Dagestan nationals have been reported at Sochi’s Adler region for several days. According to official sources, Armenian youth started the fight, while trying to protect Armenian girls from abusive behavior of the Dagestanis.