Georgia recruited U.S., Turkish, Ukrainian and Czech hirelings for August attackDecember 23, 2008 - 13:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Alexander Bastyrkin, head of the Investigation Committee at the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, announced that Georgia recruited U.S., Turkish, Ukrainian and Czech hirelings for the August attack on South Ossetia. "Involvement of UNA-UNSO Ukrainian nationalistic organization in hostilities was proved. Presence of foreign hirelings on the Georgian army was confirmed by evidence of numerous witnesses questioned after the tragic events," he said, RIA Novosti reports. On the evening of August 7, 2008, Georgia launched a ground- and air-based military attack on South Ossetia's capital, Tskhinvali, killing over 1.5 thousand civilians. Tbilisi also planned a concentrated blow on Abkhazia. 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”. |