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IN 1999, RUSSIA WANTED TO TRY ITS TWO SOLDIERS ACCUSED OF MURDER IN GYUMRI; ARMENIA REFUSED
Zaruhi Mejlumyan
13:02, March 2, 2015
In the first installment of this article comparing the cases of
murders committed by Russian soldiers, the first in 1999 and the
second in January of 2015, I have concluded, after researching case
materials at the Shirak Provincial Court that in the 1999 incident
Armenian and Russian law enforcement bodies worked collaboratively,
but that the Armenian side took the lead.
This is affirmed by various written material and even agreements
reached between the Armenian and Russian parties regarding technical
issues and various.
Take the following points showing that the Armenian side led the
investigation in 1999:
1-The two Russian soldiers, Aleksey Kamnyev and Denis Popov, were
arrested by Armenian law enforcement
2-An Armenian court prescribed pre-trial detention for the accused
3-Detention was served at the Gyumri #2 Investigative Solitary
Confinement Unit
4-In-house psychological testing was performed at the Nubarashen
Psychiatric Ward
5-Two volumes of investigative material amassed by the Russian Military
Prosecutor was handed over to Armenian law enforcement
6-The trial of the two Russian soldiers took place at the Shirak
Provincial Court.
Furthermore, that criminal case included a letter of V. Gorobets,
President of Russia's North Caucasus Military Court, in which he
requests that all the materials collected by Armenia's Military
Prosecutor be handed over to the Russians in order that the two
cases be combined and that the trial be conducted by the Russian
military court.
In his letter, Gorobets writes that according to Russia's Criminal
Code a full, objective and multifaceted examination of the incident
would take place.
However, Shirak Provincial Court President Edvard Manukyan responded
that handing over the case to the Russian side was impossible given
that according to Article 498 of Armenia's Criminal Procedure Code the
case was subject to the jurisdiction of the Shirak Provincial Court.
It was only after this response by the president of the Shirak
Provincial Court that Russia's military prosecutor handed over the
two volumes of case materials to Edvard Manukyan.
In the case files is a letter written by defendant Denis Popov
requesting a meeting with Russia's Consular General.
Familiarizing myself with the case materials, I noted that in
comparison to similar criminal cases that took place in the 1990s,
there were many photos (around forty) taken at the crime site, of
physical evidence and at the examination of the corpses.
Denis Popov during the case investigation
Another interesting fact is that the two Russian soldiers were never
handcuffed during the case investigation.
Alseksey Kamnyev during the case investigation
Also of note is that the prosecuting attorney only sought 15 and 14
years, and not the death penalty, respectively for Aleksey Kamenev and
Denis Popov who had been indicted on ten serious charges according
to the criminal codes of both Armenia and Russia. And why the court
itself didn't sentence them to death.
In any event, the court sentenced them as per the demand of the
prosecuting attorney. They have since been released from prison.
Top photo: Valery Permyakov, Aleksey Kamnyev, Denis Popov
http://hetq.am/eng/news/58711/gyumri-murders-differences-in-1999-and-2015-cases-involving-russian-soldiers.html
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Zaruhi Mejlumyan
13:02, March 2, 2015
In the first installment of this article comparing the cases of
murders committed by Russian soldiers, the first in 1999 and the
second in January of 2015, I have concluded, after researching case
materials at the Shirak Provincial Court that in the 1999 incident
Armenian and Russian law enforcement bodies worked collaboratively,
but that the Armenian side took the lead.
This is affirmed by various written material and even agreements
reached between the Armenian and Russian parties regarding technical
issues and various.
Take the following points showing that the Armenian side led the
investigation in 1999:
1-The two Russian soldiers, Aleksey Kamnyev and Denis Popov, were
arrested by Armenian law enforcement
2-An Armenian court prescribed pre-trial detention for the accused
3-Detention was served at the Gyumri #2 Investigative Solitary
Confinement Unit
4-In-house psychological testing was performed at the Nubarashen
Psychiatric Ward
5-Two volumes of investigative material amassed by the Russian Military
Prosecutor was handed over to Armenian law enforcement
6-The trial of the two Russian soldiers took place at the Shirak
Provincial Court.
Furthermore, that criminal case included a letter of V. Gorobets,
President of Russia's North Caucasus Military Court, in which he
requests that all the materials collected by Armenia's Military
Prosecutor be handed over to the Russians in order that the two
cases be combined and that the trial be conducted by the Russian
military court.
In his letter, Gorobets writes that according to Russia's Criminal
Code a full, objective and multifaceted examination of the incident
would take place.
However, Shirak Provincial Court President Edvard Manukyan responded
that handing over the case to the Russian side was impossible given
that according to Article 498 of Armenia's Criminal Procedure Code the
case was subject to the jurisdiction of the Shirak Provincial Court.
It was only after this response by the president of the Shirak
Provincial Court that Russia's military prosecutor handed over the
two volumes of case materials to Edvard Manukyan.
In the case files is a letter written by defendant Denis Popov
requesting a meeting with Russia's Consular General.
Familiarizing myself with the case materials, I noted that in
comparison to similar criminal cases that took place in the 1990s,
there were many photos (around forty) taken at the crime site, of
physical evidence and at the examination of the corpses.
Denis Popov during the case investigation
Another interesting fact is that the two Russian soldiers were never
handcuffed during the case investigation.
Alseksey Kamnyev during the case investigation
Also of note is that the prosecuting attorney only sought 15 and 14
years, and not the death penalty, respectively for Aleksey Kamenev and
Denis Popov who had been indicted on ten serious charges according
to the criminal codes of both Armenia and Russia. And why the court
itself didn't sentence them to death.
In any event, the court sentenced them as per the demand of the
prosecuting attorney. They have since been released from prison.
Top photo: Valery Permyakov, Aleksey Kamnyev, Denis Popov
http://hetq.am/eng/news/58711/gyumri-murders-differences-in-1999-and-2015-cases-involving-russian-soldiers.html
http://hetq.am/eng/news/58785/in-1999-russia-wanted-to-try-its-two-soldiers-accused-of-murder-in-gyumri-armenia-refused.html