CLASH OF COSSACKS WITH ARMENIANS PROVOKED BY THIRD PARTY NOT TO LET ARMENIAN DIASPORA MASS ACTIONS APRIL 24March 24, 2005 - 08:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The clashes between Cossacks and Armenians might have been provoked by a third party not to let the mass actions of the Armenian Diaspora planned next to the Turkish Consulate General in Novorossiysk April 24, the Yerkramas newspaper of the Armenians of Russia reported. Due to the 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide the Kuban Armenian Diaspora plans numerous events. These include a rally next to the Turkish Consulate General, opened in Novorossiysk this year. After the occurrence the Novorossiysk authorities will most probably refuse authorizing the event, justifying their decision with taking care of the law and order in the city. It should be reminded that according to various assessments from 100 to 200 Cossacks have made pogroms in one of the Novorossiysk districts on 22 March. Ethnic Armenians were attacked, as well as cars and commercial buildings owned by them. An incident in a café in the city on night of March 21-22 caused the conflict. At the time Cossacks headed by city Cossack Society ataman Vladimir Petrushin approached a group of young people, composed of Armenians and Greeks, who were celebrating a birthday. The ataman got serious bodily injures in the course of the subsequent skirmish. He was operated at the city hospital N1 and it there at present. Physicians assess his state as stable. Top stories 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. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |