November 3, 2007 - 14:10 AMT
Armenian presidential contenders are not pro-Russian or pro-Western but pro-Armenian
Russia is interested in legal presidential elections, said Konstantin Zatulin, member of the Russian State Duma committee on CIS affairs.

"Let the Armenian people themselves decide who will be their next President. Russia is interested in a staid election process, free of outrage that could lead to split in the society. We are against any political destabilization in Armenia," he said.

"Serge Sargsyan is a pro-Armenian candidate. The same can be said about Levon Ter-Petrosyan. Given his vision of the internal policy, Artur Baghdassaryan seems to orient to the West. But as a matter of fact, all contenders are pro-Armenia," he said, Day.az reports.