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    INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO NATIONAL MOTIVES OF DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN GRAVES IN SOCHI

    PanArmenian News Network
    Aug 4 2005

    04.08.2005 02:40

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ "I see no national component in the incident taken
    place at the village cemetery July 29, 2005," stated head of the
    Baranovsky village district of Sochi city Ardavazd Peklivanyan at a
    joint news conference with the Sochi Administration, law-enforcement
    bodies and representatives of the Sochi branch of all-Russian NGO
    Union of Armenians of Russia (UAR). As the Yerkramas newspaper of
    Armenians of Russia reported referring to the Sochi Department
    of Internal Affairs, Khosta district Administration Chief Igor
    Seleznyov, Deputy Head of the Section of Internal Affairs of Khosta
    district of Sochi, Criminal Police Chief, colonel Aleksandr Zhukov,
    Chairman of the UAR Central District of Sochi branch Stepan Kagosyan,
    Chairman of the UAR Khosta district of Sochi branch Oganes Chepnyan.
    In the course of the news conference I. Seleznyov described the
    circumstances of the event and evaluated it, saying, "29 gravestones
    are destroyed at the cemetery of Verkhny Yurt village. Those, who
    committed something of the king, have lost their human face. Things
    like that should be punished. When they are found, they will be
    shown on the local TV - Sochi residents should know these rogues
    in the face." He also said a special commission is formed to follow
    the situation. No family, whose relatives' monuments were destroyed,
    will remain without attention. Assistance will be provided to them.
    Aleksandr Zhukov informed those present about the investigation
    course, "Practice shows most of crimes of the kind are committed
    having hooligan motives. The criminals represent a group of minors or
    young people as a rule. We have experience in revealing such crimes.
    A similar one was committed this April at the Central district
    cemetery. Those guilty are already charged at present. Proceedings
    are instituted on the article 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian
    Federation. Police are now gathering information." Mr. Zhukov also
    noted that the Khosta Regional Section of Internal Affairs personnel
    are involved in the search for the criminals. He emphasized that
    the investigation revealed no national motives of the occurrence -
    the cemetery is an ancient one, gravestones of not only Armenians,
    but also Russians are demolished there. The word "schizophrenia"
    written on the tombstones also evidences it. The investigators now
    consider several versions. However two of these are the basic ones:
    the crime was committed either by persons with mental disorder or
    those with hooligan motives. When answering journalists' question
    A. Peklivanyan noted people of diverse nationalities and faith are
    buried at the cemetery. He stated he did not see any indication of
    national manifestation in the incident either. He also addressed the
    families of the victims, asking to patiently wait for the outcomes
    of the investigation. Mr. Peklivanyan also addressed the media,
    asking not to use the incident to sow discord. Concluding his speech,
    he said material assistance and moral support will be provided to
    the families. S. Kagosyan and O. Chepnyan joined his request. They
    also noted they do not see any nationalist signs in the incident and
    promised support in restoration of the destroyed gravestones. "The
    criminal does not have either a faith or nationality. Those, who
    committed this crime should be correspondingly punished," stated S.
    Kagosyan. At the end of the news conference A. Zhukov addressed Sochi
    residents, asking to report any information on the crime. The Sochi
    Police will do its best to identify the criminals, he assured. It
    should be reminded that unknown persons destroyed 29 gravestones at
    a cemetery 5km away from Verkhny Yurt village of Khosta district of
    Sochi. As we have reported earlier, most graves (28 out of the 29
    according to the data available) belong to Armenians.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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