ARMENIANS PROVOKED A FIGHT WITH AZERBAIJANI YOUTH IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
May 1 2007

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Russia, Moscow/ Trend , corr. R. Aghayev/ A large-scale fight
has occurred between Azerbaijani and Armenian youth at the end of
today’s festive event being held in Moscow-based Russian University
of Friendship of People. Even during the arrangement, organized in
the Russian University, Armenians provoked young Azerbaijani people
to fight several times. After seeing how Armenians danced raising
the flag of the un-recognized self-proclaimed separatist regime of
Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani students forewarned their Armenian
university mates not to do it.

In addition, Azerbaijani students then forewarned both officers of
the corresponding security agencies of the Russian capital and the
directorship of the University about the illegitimacy of the actions
taken by Armenians, as well as about a provocative nature of their
statements and actions. Armenians, for their part, brutally ignoring
the requests and calls made by Azerbaijani students and distributing
Anti-Azerbaijan literature among students of the University, faced
the decisive protest from Azerbaijanis.

One of the Azerbaijanis who took part in the scuffle tore up the
flag of the so-called ‘ Independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’. Even
after Russian policemen and OMON (emergency plat) arrived at the scene
of action and fired preventive shots into the air, Azerbaijanis and
Armenians carried on fighting between each other.

As Trend has been told, Aghali Alyshev, 22, who was wounded from
a fire-arm in the incident, has been operated on at Hospital 64,
within the Russian Capitol. Information regarding his condition has
yet to be confirmed.