Armenian men to serve U.S. federal prison term for kidnappingFebruary 14, 2012 - 18:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Two men Vahan Adzhemyan, 43, and Galvin Shaun Gibson, 33, were sentenced on Monday, Feb 13, to U.S. federal prison terms for their role in a $1 million kidnapping-for-ransom scheme of a Russian citizen Sandro Karmryan. According to NBC Los Angeles, Adzhemyan and Gibson were sentenced to 30 and 27 years in prison in LA federal prison respectively. Another accomplice in the crime, Suren Gharibyan will spend 17 years in jail.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
