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BUDYONNOVSK RESIDENTS URGE LOCAL DUMA TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
YEREVAN, APRIL 27. ARMINFO. Residents of Buyonnovsk, Stavropol region,
Russia, rallied Apr 24 to commemorate the Armenian Genocide of 1915 in
Ottoman Turkey, reports Yerkramas, Krasnodar-based newspaper of
Russian Armenians.
The ralliers urged the local Duma to recognize the Genocide. They
compared it with the events of 1995 when Budyonnovsk was attacked by
Chechen fighters led by Shamil Basayev.
It was symbolic that victim to the terrorist act then became citizens
of Russia and Armenia. The Budyonnovsk tragedy has proved that
unrestrained in 1915 the founders of "Halifat" have not given up the
anti-human plans they started in Apr 24 1915.
"Paying tribute to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide
on its 90th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of the Budyonnosk
tragedy we urge you, dear Duma deputies, to condemn the Genocide as an
outrageous act against humanity," said the ralliers.
Present at the rally were the mayor of Budyonnovsk, local DUma
deputies, Cossacks.
NOTE: The town of Surb Khach (Holy Cross, now Budyonnovsk) was founded
in 1799 by Armenians from Karabakh in accordance with the charter by
Russian Emperor Paul I.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
YEREVAN, APRIL 27. ARMINFO. Residents of Buyonnovsk, Stavropol region,
Russia, rallied Apr 24 to commemorate the Armenian Genocide of 1915 in
Ottoman Turkey, reports Yerkramas, Krasnodar-based newspaper of
Russian Armenians.
The ralliers urged the local Duma to recognize the Genocide. They
compared it with the events of 1995 when Budyonnovsk was attacked by
Chechen fighters led by Shamil Basayev.
It was symbolic that victim to the terrorist act then became citizens
of Russia and Armenia. The Budyonnovsk tragedy has proved that
unrestrained in 1915 the founders of "Halifat" have not given up the
anti-human plans they started in Apr 24 1915.
"Paying tribute to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide
on its 90th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of the Budyonnosk
tragedy we urge you, dear Duma deputies, to condemn the Genocide as an
outrageous act against humanity," said the ralliers.
Present at the rally were the mayor of Budyonnovsk, local DUma
deputies, Cossacks.
NOTE: The town of Surb Khach (Holy Cross, now Budyonnovsk) was founded
in 1799 by Armenians from Karabakh in accordance with the charter by
Russian Emperor Paul I.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress