YEREVAN. – Russian Embassy officials are not available for Armenian reporters. The mobile phone of spokesperson Sergey Abelyan is turned off and permanent attempts to reach him or any officials of the embassy have failed.

The security officers responded to phone calls, explaining that they cannot transfer the call due to technical bugs and advised that reporters should call the spokesperson. Therefore, it was impossible to reach someone for a comment on a protest action held near the Embassy building.  

Human right advocates, reporters and representatives of NGOs participated in the action and urged to show respectful attitude towards the citizen of Armenia.

As informed earlier, a truck crashed into a passenger bus on July 13 outside Moscow, and it was found out that the truck driver was an Armenian citizen by the name of Hrachya Harutyunyan. The impact of the crash was so powerful that the bus had split in two. The accident claimed 18 lives and injured 64 others. The court had Harutyunyan arrested on Monday. It is noteworthy that he was brought to the courtroom with a women’s robe and was mocked at by Russian state-run television.