NO FIGHT BETWEEN ARMENIANS AND AZERIS IN PFUR, A SPOKESMAN SAYS
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.05.2007 17:16 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ There was no fight on the territory of the People
Friendship University of Russia, Galina Kuzmina, Spokesman for the
PFUR told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. The injured Azeri young man is
not a PFUR student, according to her. "I learned about the fight from
Internet. Our University has held Planet South West Festival for 21
years. Representatives from over 100 countries take part in it. It’s
a festivity not only for the students but also for their friends and
countrymen from various institutions and Moscow residents. The order is
secured by police and OMON. To be honest, there were attempts to start
a fight but they were prevented immediately. We are not responsible
for what is happening beyond the university’s territory. There was
no fight within the university and no one was injured.
Earlier Russian media reported that on May 1 a mass fight took
place between the students of Azerbaijani and Armenian origin of the
People Friendship University of Russia. The fight was stopped by OMON,
however it continued in the backyard of the campus, where the students
escaped. Some sources say, one man was taken to hospital with a gun
wound. Over 20 people were detained, all are foreign citizens.