The verdict of not guilty of February 2008, handed the murderer of Armenia-native Arthur Sardaryan, 19, was upheld. Russia’s Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal of the defense and state prosecution on the criminal case considered by the jury in the Moscow district court.
On May 25, 2006 two young people killed Arthur Sardaryan in a Moscow-Sofrino train. The murder was committed through hatred for people of Caucasian nationality, the prosecutor’s office said, The New Times reports.
