A group of public activists have directed an open letter to Prime Minister of Armenia, Culture Minister, Yerevan Mayor and Elders' Council with a demand to recognize invalid the decision of the Elders Council of Yerevan to erect a monument to Anastas Mikoyan in Yerevan.
The letter says that Mikoyan took a direct part in the Stalin repressions, in particular, he offered Stalin to enlarge the list of the people which should be shot in Armenia in 1937. So, Mikoyan is responsible for formation of the atmosphere of political repressions in the USSR, the letter says.