WAVE OF VIOLENCE IN RUSSIA NOT TARGETED AT ARMENIAN PEOPLE

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.11.2006 12:52 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ I am satisfied with the quick reaction of the Russian
authorities to the killing of the Armenian teenager, RA Ambassador to
Russia Armen Smbatyan told the Armenian Public Television. "After the
murder the Armenian Embassy appealed to the Russian law enforcement
and to credit of the Office of Prosecutor General I should say that
a criminal case was initiated immediately," the Ambassador said. At
that Amb. Smbatyan underscored that the wave of violence in Russia
is not targeted at the Armenian people, reports newsarmenia.ru.

November 11, 2006 a 15-year-old Armenian Nairi Kocharian, an
attendee of a hairdressing course, was killed on a railway platform
of the settlement of Ivanteevka (Moscow oblast). a criminal case in
compliance of Article 111.4 of the Russian Criminal Code (causation
of grave physical injuries that resulted in death over carelessness)
was initiated.

The Russian MFA stated the murder will be thoroughly investigated
and those guilty will be punished.