On May 8, Russia's Rostov Region will host the first convention of the former residents of the village of Martunashen, forcibly deported during Operation Ring launched April 30, 1991.

The fist session of former Martunashen residents and their descendants was initiated through joint efforts of Martunashen natives and Argument Bar Association headed by a famous lawyer Efrem Beglaryan, miasin.ru reported.