ARA ABRAHAMYAN: MORE PEOPLE OF OTHER NATIONALITIES KILLED IN RUSSIA THAN ARMENIANS
Panorama.am
15:01 20/11/06
"Arthur Harutunyan, Murmansk branch head of the Union of Armenians in
Russia (UAR) may have been killed because of clash of interests in
business," Ara Abrahamyan, chairman of UAR, told a press conference
today.
Abrahamyan excluded the possibility that it may be a murder
based on national identity. He said no official verdict has been
released. Abrahamyan said UAR is in close contact with investigation
bodies and he will meet with the prosecutor every tenth day to find
out details.
Reminder: 42-years-old Arthur Harutunyan, a businessman in Russia,
was murdered on November 16 late evening in Murmansk, not far away
from his home.
Non-official sources say he was shot twice in face.
Harutunyan was a big business figure in Murmansk, owning 70.054 percent
of shares at Murmansk Social Commercial Bank. The rest of the shares
of the bank belong to the Russian government.
Speaking about the murder of 15-years-old Narek Kocharyan, who was
reportedly killed in Russia recently, Abrahamyan said he was killed
not because he was Armenian but because he was different. "Armenians
are murdered less in Russia than people of other nationalities. This
does not mean we must not do anything," Abrahamyan said. He believes
Russian authorities never encourage such crimes.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
