The trial of an attack on a native of Armenia began in Kovrov
On July 27, 2009, in the Kovrov City Court (Vladimir region), the first hearing was held on the case of beating , in March 2008, a native of Armenia, Lavrenty Sargsyan, motivated by ethnic hatred. There are four young people in the dock, including minors. Young people are charged under paragraph "e" part 2 of article 112 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (causing harm to health of moderate severity based on national hatred).