Hrant Dink to Visit Krasnodar Region

PanARMENIAN.Net - In September 2006 Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of Akos Turkey-based Armenian newspaper will visit the Krasnodar region of Russia. As reported by the Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia, Dink's visit is private, however he is expected to hold meetings with the representatives of the local Armenian Diaspora.



As it was reported earlier, the Turkish court of first instance sentenced the editor-in-chief to 6 months of imprisonment for "outrage of Turkish national dignity" in February 2006, since in one of his articles he wrote that "Turks' hostility poisons the blood of Armenians." At that time the judges decreed that the journalist called Turkish blood poisonous. However the Court of Cassations concluded that the accusation against Dink was brought through misunderstanding. Recently the Turkish Office of Prosecutor General fully acquitted Hrant Dink.