Moscow Cinema Director is in Favour of Demolishing Open-Air Hall

On March 25, a group of first-year students from Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction protested in front of the entrance of the Cinema Moscow Open-Air Hall, demanding the government not demolish it.

“As future architects, we will not allow our cultural values to be destroyed. We’ll create an initiative group and also organize other protest campaigns,” Hermine Matevosyan, a protest participant, told Tert.am.

Among the participants were also representatives of Armenian National Congress youth wing.

Asked by students whether he was going to appeal to the government, the Director of Moscow Cinema said, “We are in favour of it being demolished.”

The protesters had fastened posters on the wall of the entrance that read “Do Not Demolish,” “Let’s Save Our City,” “Don’t Be Indifferent, This is Also Your City,” and “Let’s Save Our Culture Together.”