MOSCOW. – Attorney of truck driver Hrachya Harutyunyan is on vacation but he will be replaced by his experienced colleague, Armenian Embassy in Russia told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“Although the attorney Margaryan is on a short vacation, he will be replaced by Aniskin, and the case will progress normally. With regard to language problems, the interpreter provided by the Union of Armenians of Russia has not received accreditation of the Interior Ministry. However, the Interior Ministry has provided an interpreter, so that there is no language problem,” the embassy representative said.

To note, 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 accident claimed 18 lives and about 50 others were hospitalized. Hrachya was brought to the courtroom with slippers and a women’s robe. This fact caused widespread discontent among the Armenian public, and protests were staged across the Russian Embassy in Armenia.