Golden bust of Putin to go on display in RussiaFebruary 17, 2012 - 18:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A St. Petersburg jewelry company will display a 16.38-kilogram (36-pound) golden bust of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and later use the gold to make heart-shaped pendants, a local Internet portal online812.ru reported, citing the company’s spokeswoman. The bust will go on display soon and a month later the pendants will go on sale at company stores, so anyone can get a “piece of Putin,” Anna Tolstykh, the spokeswoman of the 585 jeweler company, said. Profits from the sale will be donated to the fight against children's cancer, she said. Putin was chosen for the campaign because in 2005 he initiated construction of the Cancer and Immunology Research Medical Center in Moscow, Tolstykh said. The spokeswoman said the company was not pursuing any political goals. "We are only pursuing good intentions,” she said, according to RIA Novosti. Russia will be electing its next president on March 4. Vladimir Putin is running for presidency after two terms in the Kremlin in 2000-2008. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |