'I Want To Return Before My 75th Birthday': The Armenian-Russian Cellist Banned From Russia For 50 Years Over Brother's Anti-War Activism June 4, 2023 at 1:51 pm News Armenian News Tweet Share Reddit +1 Pocket LinkedIn Russian authorities stripped Gago Makichyan of his citizenship and expelled him in what his family believes was a punitive move over his brother’s protests against Vladimir Putin’s full-scale war in Ukraine.