Russia’s embassy in Yerevan thanks armenian citizens for condolences expressed in connection with crash in New Moscow

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18.07.2013, 20:41

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.

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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