More concerning the recent entry about the Armenian being murdered in Moscow. A Shamshadin-born friend, calling from Moscow, told us that her husband was a good friend with the man who was murdered, and said that the facts of the event are as follows: The Armenian was with his wife when a low-class, drunken Russian pulled out a knife and stabbed him, the knife piercing his heart, killing him immediately. Our friend added that her husband helped transport the body for burial in Movses, a village in Shamshadin on the border with Azerbaijan, not far from her husband's home village of Chinari.

The murdered man left behind his widow and two small children.