The 25th anniversary of Black January

In the embassy of Azerbaijan in Moscow a ceremony devoted to the 25th anniversary of the tragic January events in Baku took place. At night on January 19th 1990, Soviet troops entered the city and opened fire on peaceful residents of the capital of the Azerbaijani SSR. The troops were launched for the reason of suppressing the “People’s Front”, who were thought to have committed massacres of Armenians; but on that night, soldiers shot at common Baku citizens, including children. 132 people were killed, 612 were injured, 841 were illegally arrested. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed; a huge material damage was done to the state and citizens. Those who were guilty of the tragedy haven’t been punished yet.