Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT, Russia's main propaganda channel for foreign audiences, once again lashed out at Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and everyone who supported him in the recent parliamentary elections, which were won by the incumbent's party, on the air of Vladimir Solovyov, another propagandist.

Commenting on the vote results, Simonyan stated that she doesn't understand why Armenian voters backed Pashinyan.

"I don't know what's going on in Armenia. Just because my last name ends in -yan doesn't mean I know what's going on in Armenia. I've been there twice in my life. What's going on in their heads? Why even one vote was cast for this effendi Pashinyan, I don't know," the propagandist wondered.

At the same time, she declared the elections illegitimate without any evidence.

"I have no doubt that these elections are certainly illegitimate, and of course they were rigged and votes were inflated, but nevertheless, he still got some votes," Simonyan argued.

The RT head then accused the Armenians who voted for Pashinyan of being ungrateful to Russia and declared that it's time for Moscow to use the "stick" instead of "carrots."

"It seems to me that these people—those Armenians who voted for Pashinyan—are people who have had too much carrot. Well, it's time to use the stick. Since they've had too much carrot, they've got indigestion that hits their brains, so they go and vote for Pashinyan. Ingratitude is the worst sin," the propagandist went on, venting metaphors.

According to her, Russia has been "saving the Armenian people" for the past three centuries, and voting for Pashinyan demonstrates support for "Russophobia."

"Throughout the history of the Armenian people, the last three hundred years, Russia has been saving the Armenian people. How can one not appreciate this, how can one not remember it, how can one not notice it, and vote for a man who came to power in 1918 with Russophobic slogans? This means these people share these Russophobic slogans," Simonyan asserts.

She cited the death of Alexander Griboyedov as one of her arguments.

"This means these people don't remember how Griboyedov, our great playwright and diplomat, sacrificed his life. Why do we talk so much about Griboyedov? Because he embodies everything Russia has done for Armenia, including against its own interests, our interests, and Russia's interests," laments the head of a pro-government television channel.

She emphasized that she was solely interested in Russia's interests, not Armenia's.

"Even though my last name ends in -yan, I'm interested in Russia's interests first, second, third, and last. And now let them sort it out themselves," Simonyan continued with poorly concealed coquetry.

After that, she proposed a practical way to apply the "stick" to the Armenian prime minister's supporters: tracking their political views through their social media posts and banning them from entering Russia.

"Well, don't you appreciate it? Are the gingerbread cookies too sour, too sweet? Too many of them? Then we need to use the stick. I'm proposing something concrete. I propose tracking them through social media; it's very easy to do now. The border guards do it easily and casually at the border, both here and in Georgia. Try going to Georgia; if you say anything about Abkhazia or Ossetia, they won't let you in. "Identify those Armenians who support Pashinyan using social media. That's it. Entry into the Russian Federation is banned. Forever," Simonyan urged.

In her opinion, supporting Pashinyan automatically means supporting "Russophobia" and hatred of Russia.

"Because if you support Pashinyan, then you support Russophobia. If you support Russophobia, then you hate Russia," she shared her conclusions.

Therefore, Simonyan effectively proposed replacing Russia's "carrot" policy toward Armenia with a "stick" policy, and one measure would be to permanently ban entry into Russia for Armenians who support their country's current prime minister.