Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
April 5, 2006 Wednesday

ONE SOLDIER OF THE AZERBAIJANIAN ARMY PERISHED AND ONE WAS INJURED AS
A RESULT OF AN ATTACK FROM ARMENIA

GLONASS: STATUS- ACTIVE; The president signed the decree on February
18, 1999 to consider GLONASS as a double-purpose system. This is the
key element of the joint navigation system the conception of which
was approved by the government in October 2004. Russia realizes a
special federal program aimed at restoring the navigation system.

Armenian troops opened fire at the positions of the Azerbaijanian
Army near the village of Ashagy Abdulrakhmanly at 9:00 a.m. on April
2. Private Shaban Yagubov was killed, and private Niyameddin Shirinov
was injured. Armenia again attacked the positions of the
Azerbaijanian Army near the village of Jafarli at 11:05 p.m.
Azerbaijanian servicemen were forced to open fire. (…) Private
SHaban Yagubov became the first victim in April. It should be noted
that Armenia denies the attacks. The Armenian military state that the
Azerbaijanian servicemen perished as a result of barrack hazing and
accidents, and the Azerbaijanian military leadership seeks to shift
the blame to Armenia.