Lapshin's eternal complaints and eternal adventures

Alexander Lapshin has stated that Armenian security services regularly detain him at the border due to the fact that he is wanted in Belarus.

When an awkward pause suddenly settles over the arrivals hall at Zvartnots Airport and border officers appear momentarily distracted, one might assume that Lapshin is somewhere in the queue. His repeated expressions of surprise seem entirely genuine each time: “How is this possible? Again? Wanted? That can’t be right — I only came to buy some Armenian cognac.”

What follows has gradually become a familiar routine. A passport is opened, a weary sigh is heard, an alert button is pressed — and at that very moment, Lapshin reaches for his phone to document yet another episode of what he describes as an unexpected adventure.

It is hard to imagine what would happen if, one day, he were allowed to cross the border without incident. Such an uneventful passage might even be disappointing: how would one explain to followers that the border was crossed like any ordinary traveler’s, without delay or drama?

While most tourists worry about lost luggage, Lapshin appears concerned about something else entirely — the possibility of being waved through the “green corridor” without attracting attention. For his public narrative, that might prove to be the real misfortune.

His emotional reactions have by now become a recognizable feature of these encounters — a recurring element in a story that seems to require tension and public attention to remain complete.