January 25, 2007 - 13:18 AMT
Armenian Cossack Association awarded Dink with duke Madatov prize posthumously
Armenian International Cossack Association (AICA) posthumously has awarded 'Agos' Armenian-Turkish bilingual weekly editor Hrant Dink, who was gunned down in Istanbul January 19, with 'Honor and Fidelity' prize after 1812 war hero Major-General duke Valerian Madatov. 'Erkramas' Armenian newspaper in Russia reports that the prize was given to slain Dink's son and widow by AICA ataman Major-General Sergey Madatyan. The Cossack ataman arrived in Istanbul to attend Hrant Dink's funeral and posthumously to award him with the above-mentioned prize.