ARA ABRAHAMYAN IS FOLLOWING ATTENTIVELY

Lragir, Armenia
Nov 20 2006

The chair of the Murmansk branch of the Union of Armenians of Russia
killed on Thursday had great connections with Armenia, stated Ara
Abrahamyan, the chair of the Union of Armenians of Russia on November
20. The murder is in the focus of attention of Ara Abrahamyan, he had
a talk with the prosecutor, and arranged to meet with the officers
investigating the case every ten days. Today he says it is early to
express an opinion but he thinks that it was not a racial murder but
involved a clash of business interests. By the way, Arthur Harutiunyan
was said to own 70 percent of stocks of one of the Murmansk-based
banks. He ran realty and entertainment businesses.