Scientist-historian: Mikhail Gorbachev must answer before law for 20 January tragedy
Former general secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, must take the primary responsibility for the 20 January tragedy, he should be punished in accordance with international law, doctor of historical sciences, Professor Jamil Hasanli, told Trend.
"It should be noted that this issue was discussed at the Politburo, which was considered the supreme organ of the Party, and the defense ministry was directly instructed to enforce this decision, and Baku was occupied. Citizens could not think that their own army would commit such crime against them, since the Soviet Union still existed then, and those who served in the army were citizens of the USSR," said Hasanli....
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"It should be noted that this issue was discussed at the Politburo, which was considered the supreme organ of the Party, and the defense ministry was directly instructed to enforce this decision, and Baku was occupied. Citizens could not think that their own army would commit such crime against them, since the Soviet Union still existed then, and those who served in the army were citizens of the USSR," said Hasanli....