RA Embassy in Russia is currently clarifying whether there were Armenian citizens among victims and injured in Nevsky express derailed train, RA Embassy press secretary Gevorg Minasyan informed NEWS.am Nov. 28. “The lists of victims and hospitalized are presently clarified, we will have precise information shortly,” said Minasyan.

The train was carrying 682 people, of which 661 passengers and 21 crew members. There were passengers with Armenian surnames — Dertsakyan, Babayan, Myasnikov, Tomasov and Georgian — Gognadze, Bochorashvili, Khubutia. It is unclear yet whether the mentioned passengers were injured, their citizenship is being clarified. Italian Sbalzarini and Hindu Rajesh were among the passengers as well.

November 27, 2009 at 9:30 p.m. Moscow time a train derailment killed 30 passengers and wounded 90 others in Novgorod Region, Russia. Four cars of Nevsky express train travelling from Moscow to St. Petersburg derailed near the village of Uglovka. The health state of half of the injured is esteemed as grave. 18 are still unaccounted for.