Interfax
April 20 2004
Former head of Russian border force in Armenia goes on trial
MOSCOW/YEREVAN. April 20 (Interfax) – Hearings began on Tuesday at
the Russian garrison military court in Yerevan on the criminal case
against Lt. Gen. Vyacheslav Aboimov, former chief of the Russian
border force in Armenia.
At the prosecutor’s office of the Russian Federal Border Service in
Moscow, Interfax was told that the general is charged with large-
scale embezzlement and abuse of power with grave consequences.
“According to the investigation, Aboimov’s illegal activities between
February 2002 through May 2003 to procure material valuables caused
direct material damage to the state in excess of 3.5 million rubles,”
a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office said. [RU EUROPE EEU EMRG
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