Hrant Dink's murderer most likely to escape life imprisonmentMarch 2, 2007 - 17:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ogun Samast, who is being accused of assassinating "Agos" Armenian-Turkish bilingual weekly editor-in-chief Hrant Dink, most likely will escape life imprisonment. The juvenile offender is threatened with a 24-year-term imprisonment, and most likely he will be freed after 9 years. "Marmara" newspaper reports that a group of experts, who were busy to find out Samast's real age, has finished its work and come to the conclusion that he has not reached the age of 18 yet. The prepared conclusion has been sent to Istanbul Prosecutor's Office, "Yerkir" reports. 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 | 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. 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. |