2013 Oznobishino bus crash

The truck driver was thrown out of his vehicle and survived the impact, as did the bus driver, though both were injured. The truck driver has been identified as a 46-year-old named Hrachya Harutyunyan (Арутюнян Грачья). The truck itself is reportedly owned by a private company. The Russian authorities declared the following Monday to be a day of mourning in Moscow following the accident. The driver was subsequently charged with violating traffic rules and faces up to seven years' imprisonment if convicted. The truck may also have been overloaded and may have had faulty brakes. Questions were also raised about tightening vehicle licensing rules. The truck had reportedly been using expired transit plates, temporary licence plates that are only supposed to be used on new cars. They are used illegally to evade vehicle checks in the police national vehicle database and to evade paying taxes. A Russian legislator proposed increasing the penalties for driving illegally using such plates, while another legislator announced measures requiring holders of foreign commercial drivers' licences to acquire an equivalent Russian driving licence. ==Court hearings and reaction in Armenia==