


21-year-old Ivan Boskhomjiev is accused of murdering his 19-year-old comrade-in-arms Ivan Novikov.
The Russian media inform that he has confessed to have murdered Novikov for personal enmity reasons. To note, Russian soldier Ivan Novikov's corpse was found on June 15 at around 9 AM local time near the monument "Mother Armenia" in Gyumri city. There were many stab and slash wounds on the body. Both Armenian and Russian sides have launched a criminal case on murder. It was said that upon preliminary information, the domestic conflict with his comrade-in-arms allegedly resulted in the death of the soldier. It is said that there is also a third party involved - an injured person who is currently at Russian military base hospital.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has been informed about the Russian soldier's murder in Gyumri, Armenia, TASS quotes Putin's press-secretary Dmitry Peskov's words.



