ARMENIAN CITIZEN ARRESTED IN RUSSIA

KURGAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. An Armenian citizen
wanted by the police of Belarus for a murder was arrested in the
Russian city of Kurgan.

Radio Liberty reported that according to information of the Kurgan
regional prosecutor’s office, the Armenian citizen (his name was not
given) was arrested during an attemp to steal a car. It turned out that
he was internationally wanted for committing a murder in Belarus.

The court imposed an arrest on the man, and he was transferred to an
isolation cell. The prosecutor’s office is now conducting checks, after
which a decision will be made to extradite the Armenian to Belarus.