YEREVAN. – There is no agreement yet on extraditing Armenian citizen Hrachya Harutyunyan—who is serving a prison sentence in Russia—to Armenia.
The Minister of Justice of Armenia, Hovhannes Manukyan, informed about the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am, as he commented on the respective media reports.
“We still have not received a final response from the Russian side,” said Manukyan. “At any rate, they have no decision on transferring at this phase.”
The minister added that there is no deadline for a time period within which the matter of extradition will become clear, and he said they are constantly in touch with their Russian colleagues.
Armenian citizen Hrachya Harutyunyan had pleaded guilty to causing a major traffic accident in Russia. The truck he was driving had crashed into a passenger bus on July 13, 2013 outside Moscow. The impact of the crash was so powerful that the bus had split in two. The accident had claimed eighteen lives and injured more than forty others.
On August 4, 2014, a Moscow district court had sentenced Harutyunyan to six years and nine months in prison on charges of violating traffic and vehicle operation rules and causing death. And the Moscow Municipal Court had upheld this verdict.
