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    RUSSIA SAYS ITS SOLDIER WILL FACE TRIAL IN ARMENIA

    Associated Press International
    January 20, 2015 Tuesday 3:29 PM GMT

    YEREVAN, Armenia

    YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - The head of Russia's main investigative agency
    says a Russian soldier suspected of killing a family in Armenia will
    stand trial in that country.

    The soldier, who served with a Russian military base in Gyumri, is
    suspected of shooting six family members dead in the Armenian city
    last week and stabbing a six-month-old baby to death. He was captured
    and is held at the Russian base.

    Alexander Bastrykin, chief of Russia's Investigative Committee told
    Armenian President Serge Sarkisian Tuesday that an open trial in
    Armenia reflects a shared "desire for justice." He didn't specify if
    the soldier would be tried by Armenian authorities or in a Russian
    military tribunal.

    Bastrykin's visit followed rallies by thousands in Gyumri demanding
    that the soldier be handed over to Armenian authorities.

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