Russian soldier accused of killing Armenian family to go on trial at garrison court in Gyumri

  03 February 2015    Read: 1428
Russian soldier accused of killing Armenian family to go on trial at garrison court in Gyumri
Armenia and Russia have agreed that Russian serviceman Valery Permyakov, who has been accused of murdering a family of seven in Armenia`s northern city of Gyumri, will go on trial in Armenia on the premises of Russia`s military base there.
“The parties reached a final agreement that the trial in this high-profile case will proceed in Gyumri, at Garrison Military Court No. 102 of the Russian military base," one of the sources said.

Such a decision was adopted in accordance with the bilateral agreement regulating the presence of Russia`s military base in northern Armenia, he said.

Russia and Armenia had also agreed to cooperate during a preliminary investigation.

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