Voronezh inhabitant received 4 years' prison sentence for attacking an ArmenianAugust 8, 2009 - 13:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The railroad district court of Voronezh found 22 year-old Alexander Chalenko guilty of causing grave health damage to an Armenian, Voronezh Investigative Committee Department's press service reports. On the night of September 2, 2008, a 25 year-old Armenian, citizen of RF, was attacked and beaten by teenagers aged 16-20 while accompanying his relative home. According to the conclusions of the court and prosecutor's office, Chalenko took out a knife and beat the victim on the back several times. "Then attackers hid away, and the aggrieved was moved to hospital. Court found Alexander Chalenko guilty and sentenced him to 4 years and 10 months in prison. The convict will serve his sentence in a correctional colony of general regime," Kommersant periodical reports. Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |