Hearing for Russian opposition leader Navalny postponedApril 23, 2015 - 14:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A Moscow court has postponed a hearing to review a suspended sentence for opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Associated Press reports. Navalny was convicted in December of fraud and given a three-and-a-half-year suspended sentence, while his brother was sent to prison, on charges of defrauding a French cosmetics company. Prosecutors have appealed to convert Navalny's suspended sentence into prison time, citing his recent misdemeanors such as when Navalny was jailed for 15 days for campaigning on the subway for an unauthorized rally. The district court on Thursday, April 23, delayed the hearing until May 13 after Navalny argued that he has not been served the court papers. Navalny said on Twitter he did not receive any correspondence because his post office had not been informed that he is no longer under house arrest. Top stories 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". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |