Grigory Karasin assured Armenian Ambassador to protect legal rights of Hrachya Harutyunyan

YEREVAN, JULY 20, ARMENPRESS:The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin met on July 19 with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Russian Federation Oleg Yesayan. As Armenpress was reported by the Department for Press, Information and Public Relations of the Republic of Armenia, during the meeting issues related to the bilateral cooperation between the two countries were discussed.

Grigory Karasin and Oleg Yesayan also touched upon the issue of the car accident, which took place in New Moscow. Oleg Yesayan expressed his sincere condolences concerning the car crash. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation emphasized that objective investigation will be carried out on the Hrachya Harutyunyan’s case, protecting the legal rights of the accused.

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Russian Federation Oleg Yesayan emphasized the inadmissibility of the speculation of any aspect of the tragedy and the investigated case.

On July 13 at 13:00 in New Moscow, nearby the Podolsk Village, Kamaz truck came out of the second line and crashed into a bus driving from Podolsk to Kurilovo, sharing it into two parts. In the result of the car accident 18 people died and more than 60 were wounded. The driver of the truck Hrachya Harutyunyan was accused of the violation of the traffic security rules, causing the death of two or more people. Two-month detention was imposed to the Armenian. He was taken to the court in a woman’s bathrobe. On that occasion a protest action was held in front of the Russian Embassy to Armenia, during which the protesters demanded protection of human rights and a proper attitude towards the citizen of the Republic of Armenia. On July 16 the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia Karen Andreasyan sent an official letter to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Lukin requesting for the protection of the dignity and other rights of Hrachya Harutyunyan. The Office of the Human Rights Defender of the Russian Federation promised during the next week to respond the letter.