ARMINFO NEWS AGENCY
July 29, 2004

SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF ARMENIAN REFUGEES FROM AZERBAIJAN THREATENED
WITH RESETTLEMENT FROM MOSCOW HOSTEL

YEREVAN, JULY 28. ARMINFO. Several thousands of Armenian refugees
from Azerbaijan are threatened with resettlement from Moscow hostel
in Molodtsova street.

According to Russian Mass Media, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov instructed
that the refugees residing there since 1989 leave the building on Aug
1. The regional authorities intend to tear down the old buildings,
and the have already instructed that water and electricity supply to
these buildings be stopped on Aug 1. At the same time, according to
witnesses, representative of the local authorities apply uncivilized
methods to the residents, penetrating into their premises and
breaking and throwing the furniture out of windows. According to the
source, many of the Armenian refugees have not registered their
documents, through many of them have become Russian citizens.

Meanwhile, in his interview to the Armenian Public Television,
Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatyan said that in this case
resettlement from illegal occupied territories is in question, he
explained that the building is accident-prone.