A Russian-Armenian attorney by the name of Simon Tsaturyan has died during a court hearing of a criminal case on charges of robbery, in Moscow.

The court press secretary informed about the abovementioned to RIA Novosti news agency of Russia.

“Lawyer Simon Tsaturyan felt ill during the criminal trial,” said the press secretary. “They called an ambulance for him. Doctors tried to help for half an hour, but they couldn’t save [his life].”

The attorney died of heart failure.  

Tsaturyan was 66 years old.