YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS: Today, on September 14, at 13:00 in Kransnopresnenskaya Zastava Square in the capital of the Russian Federation Moscow a protest action was held against the extradition of the Azerbaijani murderer Ramil Safarov by the Hungarian authorities to Azerbaijan. As Armenpress was informed from the Union of Russian Armenians, all the Armenian organizations functioning in Russia will take part in the large-scale rally and the protest action. During the action members of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, political and public figures, Russian Non-Governmental Organizations and representatives of the Armenian community will deliver speeches during the protest action.

The protest action was organized by the Union of Russian Armenians, which on September 7 as well held a rally in Moscow in front of the Hungarian Embassy to Russia.

On February 19 2004 in Budapest Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov, who axe-murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan while sleeping, when they were participating in NATO English Language Courses in the capital of Hungary, was sentenced to life imprisonment without right to be pardoned for 30 years. On August 31 2012 Safarov was extradited from Hungary to Azerbaijan and was pardoned by the President Ilham Aliyev. The murderer was advanced to mayor, provided with an apartment and given «national hero» and compensated for the 8 years of the imprisonment in Hungary. Armenia suspended diplomatic relations with Hungary.