Three sentenced for illegal trafficking of uranium in Moldova![]() May 25, 2012 - 13:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A court in the former soviet republic of Moldova has sentenced three people for illegal trafficking of uranium, RIA Novosti reported citing the Kommersant.md website. A Russian woman was jailed for three years, and her Moldovan accomplice received a sentence of five years. A third person was fined 15,000 leu ($1,200). The trio was part of a gang of five detained by Moldovan police in a raid in June last year. The group had been trying to sell about one kilogram of uranium-235 for $38 million. The radioactive material can be used to make nuclear weapons. It was not known to what level the uranium was enriched. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |