The Armenian Embassy in Russia clarifies the details of the tragic death of Ashot Karapetyan, the former police chief of Yerevan.

The Embassy has contacted the relevant Russian authorities in connection with the information circulated in the media about the incident at a private brewery in Russia’s Pyatigorsk, the source said adding that, as a result of the incident, persons of Armenian origin: A. Karapetyan and Tarposyan T.P. died.

Other details are being specified, the embassy reported.