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Interfax, Russia
March 28 2015
Russian soldier likely to be tried in Armenia in mass killing case - Duma deputy
YEREVAN. March 28
Russian military serviceman Valery Permyakov, who has reportedly
confessed to killing a family of seven in Gyumri, Armenia, is expected
to be tried on Armenian territory, says Oleg Lebedev, first deputy
head of the Russian State Duma committee for CIS affairs, Eurasian
integration and ties with compatriots.
"Russia has done all it could so that the investigation should proceed
- and it is proceeding - on Armenian territory. The trial should take
place on Armenian territory, which the people of Armenia have asked
for," Lebedev said at a joint session of the relevant State Duma and
Armenian National Assembly committees in Yerevan on Saturday.
Lebedev made his remark in response to a report by Alexander
Arzumanian, a deputy head of the Armenian National Assembly's standing
commission on foreign relations, in which he insisted that Permnyakov
"must be put under the Republic of Armenia's jurisdiction," as a man
who "committed a crime on our territory, not on the Russian military
base's territory."
Lebedev noted in commenting on this that Russia in this situation is
acting strictly in line with international agreements related to the
functioning of its military base on Armenian territory and that
Permyakov is suspected of committing "a military crime" that must be
investigated in line with Russian law.
At the same time, Lebedev said, both parties are actively cooperating
in probing the crime, and, if found guilty, Permyakov should be
subjected to "a severest possible punishment," because what he did is
a tragedy not only for the Armenian but also for the Russian people.
From: Baghdasarian
March 28 2015
Russian soldier likely to be tried in Armenia in mass killing case - Duma deputy
YEREVAN. March 28
Russian military serviceman Valery Permyakov, who has reportedly
confessed to killing a family of seven in Gyumri, Armenia, is expected
to be tried on Armenian territory, says Oleg Lebedev, first deputy
head of the Russian State Duma committee for CIS affairs, Eurasian
integration and ties with compatriots.
"Russia has done all it could so that the investigation should proceed
- and it is proceeding - on Armenian territory. The trial should take
place on Armenian territory, which the people of Armenia have asked
for," Lebedev said at a joint session of the relevant State Duma and
Armenian National Assembly committees in Yerevan on Saturday.
Lebedev made his remark in response to a report by Alexander
Arzumanian, a deputy head of the Armenian National Assembly's standing
commission on foreign relations, in which he insisted that Permnyakov
"must be put under the Republic of Armenia's jurisdiction," as a man
who "committed a crime on our territory, not on the Russian military
base's territory."
Lebedev noted in commenting on this that Russia in this situation is
acting strictly in line with international agreements related to the
functioning of its military base on Armenian territory and that
Permyakov is suspected of committing "a military crime" that must be
investigated in line with Russian law.
At the same time, Lebedev said, both parties are actively cooperating
in probing the crime, and, if found guilty, Permyakov should be
subjected to "a severest possible punishment," because what he did is
a tragedy not only for the Armenian but also for the Russian people.
From: Baghdasarian