MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) – A 38-year old Armenian man awaiting deportation died in a police holding center in Moscow on Wednesday, police said.

The man, whose name was not reported, had been held in the center for foreign detainees following a February 6 city court ruling.

The man died of a heart failure, according to a preliminary examination, but there were no details of his health prior to being detained.