  Safarov extradition, pardoning eventually condemned by Russia  September 3, 2012 - 16:40 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Russian Foreign Ministry has eventually issued a statement, commenting on Hungary’s extradition of assassin Ramil Safarov, who was granted pardon on his arrival to Azerbaijan. “Russia, as OSCE Minsk Group co-chair, is deeply concerned over Baku’s pardon of lieutenant Ramil Safarov, sentenced to life in prison for murdering an Armenian officer, as well as the Hungarian leadership’s decision to extradite him to Azerbaijan,” spokesman for Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich commented. “The actions of Azeri and Hungarian leadership run counter to international efforts to decrease regional tensions,” the spokesman said in the statement. “We’ll be expecting OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs’ assessment of the situation in near future,” the statement said.   Gurgen Margaryan On February 19, 2004, Lieutenant of the Armenian Armed Forces Gurgen Margaryan, 26, was hacked to death, while asleep, by a fellow Azerbaijani participant, lieutenant Ramil Safarov, in Budapest during a three-month English language course in the framework of Partnership for Peace NATO-sponsored program. In accordance with Budapest District Court sentence dated April 13, 2006, Ramil Safarov was life imprisoned for murdering the Armenian officer. Partner news  Top stories The military academy will be named after legendary commanders of Armenian origin Alexander Suvorov and Valerian Mandatov. French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Jacques Faure said the co-chairs are not planning a visit to Nagorno Karabakh. Last month, renowned Turkish pianist Fazıl Say was also handed a suspended 10-month prison sentence for blasphemy. Recent Azeri “examination” concerns a world-famed soprano Montserrat Caballe who’ll perform and give master classes in Yerevan on June 9.   Partner news |  Latest news Obama nominates Victoria Nuland for assistant secretary of state  Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post.Huge quake hits Russia's Far East off Kamchatka Peninsula The epicenter of the quake was located 244 miles west north west of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy at a depth of 385 miles.Microsoft updating YouTube app to comply with Google demands Windows Phone users who've already downloaded the Microsoft YouTube app will lose the video download functionality.Microsoft rolls out 2 new mice for Windows 8 PC users The Sculpt Comfort Mouse and Sculpt Mobile Mouse feature additional functions to make non-tablet usage of Windows 8 easier. |
