According to Dmitry Masyuk, Russia believes that "the period of political turbulence that the republic is going through, including the recent statements by the Armenian prime minister about preventing a coup attempt, is an internal matter of Armenia" PYATIGORSK, July 1. /TASS/. Moscow is interested in maintaining friendly relations with Yerevan for the sake of calm and lawfulness in Armenia, said Dmitry Masyuk, deputy director at the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Fourth Department of CIS countries.