Murderers of Armenian sentenced to 14-year imprisonment in KaliningradSeptember 20, 2007 - 14:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A district court of Kaliningrad, Russia, has brought in a second verdict of guilty for Vladimir Podtoptanny and Denis Krupitsin, charged of killing Armenian-native Meruzhan Sargsyan and beating his brother, Meruzhan Sargsyan in September 2005. The accused were sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment under article 111.4 of the Russian Penal Code. The first verdict, issued in 2006, supposed a more severe punishment (16 years in prison). However, it was appealed in the circuit court. The current verdict is likely to be appealed as well, since both the prosecution and defense showed displeasure. 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. |