Vandal detained for desecration of Monument to the Children of Besieged Leningrad

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Samvel Shirinyan, who desecrated a monument dedicated to the children of Besieged Leningrad in Yerevan, was arrested. The man himself filmed and published a video with his crime.

Armenian law enforcement officers detained a resident of Yerevan who violated the Monument to the Children of Besieged Leningrad: he dropped wreaths and trampled underfoot ribbons the color of the Russian flag.

The suspect was found and has now been taken to the Investigative Committee.