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RUSSIA'S EMBASSY IN YEREVAN THANKS ARMENIAN CITIZENS FOR CONDOLENCES EXPRESSED IN CONNECTION WITH CRASH IN NEW MOSCOW
YEREVAN, July 18. /ARKA/. In a press release sent to ARKA News
Agency, Russia's embassy in Yerevan thanked today Armenian citizens
for condolences expressed in connection with the crash in New Moscow
which has killed 18 people.
The crash occurred around 1 p.m. Saturday, when the Kamaz truck
carrying rubble rammed into a bus near the village of Oznobishino in
New Moscow, 22 kilometers southwest of the capital.
According to the Russian health ministry, 14 died immediately on the
scene and four in hospitals. Some 46 were injured.
On Monday, the driver of the truck, Hrachya Harutyunyan, was jailed.
He will remain in custody until September 13 pending trial. On Tuesday,
Armenian human rights defender Karen Andreasyan sent a letter to his
Russian counterpart Vladimir Lukin requesting that he should look
into the reasons of humiliating treatment of Harutyunyan.
Andreasyan said that Hrachya Harutyunyan, was brought to court in a
women's dressing gown, which he said was humiliating.
The crash-related developments resulted in a series of media
stories and anti-Russian comments in social networks. Protests were
staged outside Russia's embassy in Yerevan on Monday and Tuesday. On
Wednesday, Russia's embassy regretted that the is used by some people
for inciting anti-Russian sentiments. ---0----
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From: A. Papazian
YEREVAN, July 18. /ARKA/. In a press release sent to ARKA News
Agency, Russia's embassy in Yerevan thanked today Armenian citizens
for condolences expressed in connection with the crash in New Moscow
which has killed 18 people.
The crash occurred around 1 p.m. Saturday, when the Kamaz truck
carrying rubble rammed into a bus near the village of Oznobishino in
New Moscow, 22 kilometers southwest of the capital.
According to the Russian health ministry, 14 died immediately on the
scene and four in hospitals. Some 46 were injured.
On Monday, the driver of the truck, Hrachya Harutyunyan, was jailed.
He will remain in custody until September 13 pending trial. On Tuesday,
Armenian human rights defender Karen Andreasyan sent a letter to his
Russian counterpart Vladimir Lukin requesting that he should look
into the reasons of humiliating treatment of Harutyunyan.
Andreasyan said that Hrachya Harutyunyan, was brought to court in a
women's dressing gown, which he said was humiliating.
The crash-related developments resulted in a series of media
stories and anti-Russian comments in social networks. Protests were
staged outside Russia's embassy in Yerevan on Monday and Tuesday. On
Wednesday, Russia's embassy regretted that the is used by some people
for inciting anti-Russian sentiments. ---0----
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/russia_s_embassy_in_yerevan_thanks_armenian_citize ns_for_condolences_expressed_in_connection_with_cr/#sthash.SHaw1dLI.dpuf
From: A. Papazian