Garnik Harutyunyan, the Armenian driver of the bus travelling from Moscow to Yerevan, does not wish to be extradited to Armenia to serve his 4.5-year sentence for the crash in Tula Oblast (province).
His attorney, Ruben Kirakosyan, told the aforementioned to Armenian News – NEWS.am.
The decision in regard to Harutyunyan has not yet taken effect, since the attorneys have appealed the court’s ruling. Nevertheless, the driver told his attorneys that he wishes to serve his sentence in Russia.
The passenger bus, which was traveling from Moscow to Yerevan, had the accident on 3 November 2015, in the Uzlovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia. There were over 60 passengers on the bus, all of them Armenian citizens. Consequently, 9 people died and 46 sustained injuries. 32 people were hospitalized. A criminal case was opened against the driver under the article of ''violation of traffic rules, negligently resulting in the deaths of two or more persons,'' which stipulates until seven years in prison. Custody was chosen as a preventive measure against the driver. An analogous criminal case was launched in Armenia.
