PRESIDENT OF UNION OF ARMENIANS OF RUSSIA DENIES HIS INTENTION TO BUY “COMMERSANT” PUBLISHING HOUSE

25.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The President of the Union of Armenians of Russia (UAR), the head of “Soglasiye” CJSC Ara Abrahamian denied the information of the German “Frankfurter Rundschau” paper that he supposedly held negotiations with Boris Berezovsky on a possible purchase of “Commersant” publishing house. The head of UAR staff Hapet Tapaltzian, who is with Abrahamian in the USA at present, informed to “GazetaSNG.Ru” internet-publication.
On December 21 the German “Frankfurter Rundschau” reported that the Russian media-magnate Boris Berezovsky was carrying out intensive negotiations for the sale of owned by him “Commersant” publishing house. The potential buyer, according to the paper, is the Russian millionaire of Armenian origin, the president of the Union of Armenians of Russia Ara Abrahamian. -0-