Friday, July 17, 2009

Ex-Minister Acquitted On Arms Trafficking Charges

An appeal instance court in Moldova acquitted Valery Pasat, formerly the Defense Minister, who earlier had been sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment on allegations of illegally selling MiG-29 fighters and Uragan volley fire systems to the U.S. in 1990s. Meanwhile Pasat, who calls all accusations “political,” had spent more than two years in confinement.

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1204929&NodesID=6 (Russ.)

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