Turkey, Ukraine to come to loggerheads over Crimea in some ten yearsFebruary 13, 2009 - 13:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey and Ukraine to come to loggerheads over Crimea in some ten years, a Russian intelligence veteran said. "Turkey is determined to gain the Crimea back. It's not a secret for Russia, Europe and Ukraine itself. The only question is when," Igor Berkut said. "By 2017 Muslims will make two thirds of the Crimean population. The semi-island risks becoming a second Chechnya." As long as Turkey exists, it will never accept that the Crimea, a part of the Ottoman Empire, belongs to Ukraine, according to him. 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. |