One Russian officer killed in traffic accident 

ArmInfo. A tragic incident involving Russian border guards occurred on March 25 in the Syunik region of Armenia.

As reported by the crime chronicle website shamshyan.com, at about  10:00 the Patrol Service battalion of the Ministry of Internal  Affairs of the Republic of Armenia received information that a UAZ  car drove off the roadway at the 27th kilometer of the  Meghri-Nrnadzor highway and, after driving about 40 meters, rolled  into a gorge. A similar signal was received by the National Crisis  Management Center 9-11 Rescue Service of the Ministry of Internal  Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. Two combat crews of the fire and  rescue squad and investigators arrived at the scene. It also became  known that the Meghri ambulance team on duty delivered 22-year-old  Russian citizen Igor Kotov to the hospital in serious condition, and  30-year- old Russian citizen Roman Alshikhin died on the spot. It is  possible that their Russian colleagues will also join the Armenian  investigators. According to the website, the deceased and the injured  served in the RF border troops in the Republic of Armenia.