"Hraparak" newspaper writes:
"We asked Archbishop Mikael Ajapachyan, the leader of the Shirak Diocese, if it is true that you gave an interview to one of the Russian media, but it almost did not go on the air. The bishop confirmed this information and said that about 3 months ago, in September, Izvestia media invited him for an interview. : It lasted almost 40 minutes, but only a one-minute video was aired.
"I was in Moscow, they found out that I was there, they took an interview. I probably didn't give them very pleasant answers, that's why they recorded 40 minutes and didn't show a single minute," said Archbishop Mikael.
We wondered which part they published. it turned out that they only published the word about the need for the Armenian Apostolic and Russian Orthodox Churches to work together to establish peace.
And what questions were asked, what did the Bishop answer that the Russian media did not like? "We talked about everything, Russia-Ukraine, Russia-Armenia, we talked about everything. I said some critical things, but there was no criticism.
They didn't get the answers they wanted to their questions, they didn't publish them." But it was difficult to remember exactly what the questions were.
"He can and has mediated. I don't know who mediated."
