Stavropol Region: 55 Graves DesecratedDecember 19, 2005 - 16:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The majority of 55 graves desecrated in Georgievsk (Stavropol region) belonged to Russians. As reported by Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia, Armenian, Gypsy and Korean graves were as well damaged. According to chairman of the Armenian community of Georgievsk Yuri Sahakyan, the town administration promised to reconstruct the damaged gravestones. To remind, the act of vandalism was committed on December 17 night. 14 graves were desecrated in one of the villages of Stavropol region on December 6. 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 | 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. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |