Stavropol Newspaper Justifies Vandals, who Desecrated Armenian HeadstonesDecember 17, 2005 - 14:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - the Stavropol Pravda in its December 15, 2005 issue explained the vandalism at the Nadezhda village cemetery of Shpak district in its own way, reported the Yerkramas newspaper of Armenians of Russia. According to journalist A. Rashidova, "a competent source has reported not everything is unambiguous in the desecration of graves. There allegedly are facts available that Armenians, whose headstones were disfigured by the malefactors, were buried over... Russian graves. I.e. initially local Russian population graves had suffered and it might have caused pogroms at the cemetery." Thus, the newspaper in fact justifies the vandals.It should be reminded that 14 Armenian graves were desecrated on the night of December 6. The malefactors poured acid on the marble gravestones. The Prosecutor of Shpak district of Stavropol region, who took the investigation of the case under his control said, "We consider hooligan actions as a version of the crime, as well as an attempt to disseminate inter-ethnic hatred. It is not ruled out that the malefactors destroyed the graves based on national hatred." 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 | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. |