The defendant in the case of the murder of the founder of the…
The defendant in the case of the murder of the founder of the 'Arbat' battalion was sentenced to 22 years of imprisonment. The Second Western District Military Court sentenced Varazh Manukyan to 22 years in prison for the February 2025 explosion at the residential complex 'Red Sails' in Moscow.
Consensus
- The Second Western Military District Court sentenced Vaaraz Manukyan to 20 years in prison for his involvement in a terrorist attack.
- The attack occurred on February 3, 2025 at the 'Alie Parusas' apartment complex in Moscow.
- Armen Sargsyan, founder of the 'Arbath' battalion and president of the boxing federation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, was killed in the explosion.
- Another man, identified as Paruyr Matvosyan, also died in the attack.
- The explosive device was detonated remotely after Sargsyan entered the building.
- Manukyan did not admit guilt during the trial.
- The case was heard in closed session for security reasons.
- The court ordered compensation of 6.77 million rubles to victims and their representatives, including the property management company 'Alie Parusas' and Sargsyan's bodyguard.
- Manukyan’s defense plans to appeal the verdict.
- The explosive device was made using a MO-50 anti-personnel mine with additional plastic explosives and remote detonation capability.
Points of divergence
- Sargsyan was killed in the early morning of February 3, 2025 during an elevator descent on the first floor. — kommersant
- Two people died and four were injured; one of the deceased was Sargsyan, the other was Paruyr Matvosyan. The court confirmed that Matvosyan was the executor who carried the device into the building. — fontanka
- Four people were injured in total. — vesti
- The explosive had a TNT equivalent of up to one kilogram. — fontanka
- The explosive device was attached to Paruyr Matvosyan and detonated remotely. — tg_radiosvoboda
- Manukyan remotely triggered the explosion after Sargsyan entered the entrance of 'Alie Parusas'. — tvrain
- The investigation claims that Ukrainian security services (SBU and GUU) planned the assassination not later than March 2024. — kommersant
- Manukyan was previously imprisoned in Armenia for murder and had been amnestied; he taught boxing and judo in Moscow. — fontanka
- Sargsyan was known as a criminal figure 'Armen Gorlovsky' before 2014, linked to attacks on Euromaidan protesters. — tvrain
Coverage (15 sources)
- Фигуранта дела об убийстве основателя батальона «Арбат» приговорили к 22 годам лишения свободы — ASTRA
- Participant in the 'Red Sails' terrorist attack received 22 years in prison — Коммерсантъ
- Court in Moscow sentenced 22 years in prison to defendant in case of killing founder of Armenian battalion 'Arbat' — ЭХО / Новости
- In Russia, accomplice of the murder of the founder of the "Arbat" battalion sentenced to 22 years in prison — Радио Свобода
- In Russia, accomplice of the murder of the founder of the "Arbat" battalion sentenced to 22 years in prison — Настоящее Время
- Виновный в подрыве основателя батальона «АрБат» в Москве получил 22 года — Фонтанка
- Accomplice in the Moscow residential complex "Red Sails" terrorist attack sentenced to 22 years — Вести
- Осужден фигурант дела об убийстве Армена Саркисяна — Дождь
- Accomplice of the Moscow residential complex 'Red Ships' terrorist attack sentenced to 22 years. At that time, during the explosion, the creator of the 'Arbat' battalion died — Meduza
- Фигуранта дела об убийстве основателя батальона «АрБат» Армена Саркисяна приговорили к 22 годам лишения свободы — Дождь (Telegram)
- К 22 годам колонии приговорили Ваража Манукяна — участника теракта в ЖК «Алые Паруса», в результате которого погиб созда… — SOTAvision
- Manukyan, accomplice in the Moscow residential complex "Red Sails" terrorist attack, sentenced to 22 years — Коммерсантъ
- Суд приговорил исполнителя теракта в ЖК «Алые паруса» к 22 годам — Ведомости
- Подрыв главы «Арбата» в ЖК «Алые Паруса» в Москве: к чему приговорили одного из фигурантов — Вечерняя Москва
- Соучастник теракта в московском ЖК "Алые паруса" Манукян приговорен к 22 годам — Интерфакс