  Politician says clashes between Sochi’s Armenians and Chechens not orchestrated  May 30, 2012 - 16:01 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - CIS States Institute director commented on the conflict between Armenian population of Russian city of Sochi and Dagestan and Chechnya nationals working at Olympic construction in the city. “I don’t believe any third side to have caused the clashes between the workers and Sochi’s Armenian population,” Kostantin Zatulin told a news conference in Yerevan. According to the Russian politician, “one doesn’t expect high levels of sophistication from construction workers.” Clashes between Armenian and Dagestan nationals have been reported at Sochi’s Adler region for several days. According to official sources, Armenian youth started the fight, while trying to protect Armenian girls from abusive behavior of the Dagestanis.  Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
