The driver convicted in Russia transferred to Armenia

Emil Lazarian 2017
Public Radio of Armenia

20:01, 21 Jul 2017
Armradio

Armenian citizen Hrachya Harutyunyan, who was convicted of causing a major traffic accident in Russia, was transferred to Armenia to serve the remaining sentence here.

The transfer was implemented in accordance with the procedure established by the 1983 European Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons for the continued enforcement.

In 2013 the truck-driver Hrachya Harutyunyan crashed into a passenger bus near Podolsk, as a result of which 18 people died. He was sentenced to 6 years and 9 months in prison.

Emil Lazarian

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