No Armenians involved in fight in PFUR

May 18, 2007 - 18:29 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - There were no Armenians and Azeris involved in the scuffle on the territory of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) after Patrice Lumumba, Chairman of the Youth Association of the UAR (Union of Armenians in Russia) Moscow branch Levon Moukounyan stated to the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist. "On May 17 a traditional festival of Russia's nations was held in PFUR, where no Armenians and Azeris participated, since they are not Russian nations. The fight broke out between Kabardinians, during which one of them received knife wounds," Moukounyan said.



According to Russian media students from Peoples' Friendship University of Russia again were fighting on the Miklukho-Maklaya Street. According to law enforcement bodies one of the participants of the fight was taken to hospital with knife wounds. The fight was organized by immigrants from Caucasus. And the immediate cause of the scuffle was a political dispute: which country owns Nagorno Karabakh - Armenia or Azerbaijan?
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