On 74th year of his life a famous Armenian lawyer and public figure Ruben Rshtuni passed by
ArmInfo.On the eve of the 74th year of life, a famous Armenian lawyer and public figure Ruben Rshtuni passed by. In an article on its 70th anniversary, the newspaper "Voice of Armenia" named Ruben Rshtuni .
Human qualities and professional talent Rshtuni emerged in the late 80s, when Ruben Rshtuni formed and led a group of lawyers to provide free legal assistance to Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan, representing and defending the interests of the Armenian victims of the Sumgait tragedy. He provided free legal aid to the USSR Supreme Soviet deputies from Armenia, on hunger strike in Moscow - President of the Academy of Sciences Viktor Hambartsumyan and writer Zori Balayan.
Ruben Rshtuni was well known, but was not a public person. He believed that the population of Armenia in terms of legal education is at a very low level. At the same time, he was quite skeptical of all state programs, the implementation of which, allegedly, will significantly reduce the level of corruption in the country, a phenomenon that he, as a true intellectual, rejected by heart and soul, worrying about the future of Armenia.
In the year 2000 Ruben Rshtuni received a special license with the right to challenge the sentences and decisions of the lower courts that came into force at the RA Court of Cassation. He was a member of the human rights commission under the President of the Republic of Armenia and a member of the Coordination Council for rendering legal assistance to compatriots "Moscow-Russians" under the Moscow government. He was a member of the Armenian public organizations "Russia" and the LRC "Harmony".
The civil funeral for Ruben Rshtuni will take place on August 26 at 18:00 in the ritual hall next to the Central Cemetery of Yerevan (Tohmakh).