Canada's Foreign Affairs Ministry identified the diplomat as A. Knyazev, 45, a first secretary in the Russian Embassy in Ottawa.
He was arrested after the accident Saturday that killed a 50-year-old pedestrian and injured a second woman when a car allegedly driven by Knyazev jumped a curb and hit them in residential area of Ottawa.
Knyazev was cited on five charges, including unintentional murder, drunk driving and refusal to undergo a blood alcohol test.
Another accident involving a Russian Embassy worker also occurred Saturday, and police charged E. Blokhin, a driver for the Russian ambassador, with impaired driving in that case. No injuries occurred in the second accident.
Richard Kohler, chief of protocol for the Foreign Affairs ministry, said that Knyazev and Blokhin would board a flight for Russia sometime Monday. No details about the flight were released by Canadian officials.
Canada had asked Russia to waive the suspects' diplomatic immunity so they could be prosecuted in Ottawa. Russia refused, and Canada therefore asked that Knyazev and Blokhin be sent home, Kohler said.
"If we cannot have justice done in Canada, we would want to see justice done in Russia," he said.
In Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Mamedov met Monday with the Canadian ambassador to express condolences. A Russian government statement said: "The Canadian ambassador was told that after an investigation in Moscow the guilty parties will be made to bear responsibility in accord with Russian legislation."
After the fatal accident, Knyazev was taken to a local police department before being handed over to staffers from the Russian Embassy's consular department. Ottawa police said Knyazev claimed diplomatic immunity and was ordered to appear in court Mar. 7.
Staff Sargent Leo Janveau said Monday that Blokhin also was ordered to appear Mar. 7 on suspicion of impaired driving. Janveau said both suspects were released on a summons, and as Russian Embassy personnel claiming diplomatic immunity, were free to leave the country.
Under the Vienna Convention, diplomats and their families can be charged with crimes but are immune from criminal prosecution and civil liability.
According to media reports, the two Russian diplomats were returning in separate vehicles from a day of ice-fishing on the Ottawa River when the accidents occurred.
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