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VALERY PERMYAKOV TO BE TRIED AT RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE IN GYUMRI
YEREVAN, March 30. / ARKA /. Valery Permyakov, a Russian soldier
accused of murdering the seven members of an Armenian family in the
town of Gyumri earlier this will be tried in the territory of the
102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, Oleg Levedev, deputy head
of a Russian State Duma (lower parliament chamber) committee on CIS
affairs, Eurasian Integration and relations with compatriots abroad,
said today in Yerevan..
Lebedev said the investigation is being handled jointly by Armenian
and Russian law-enforcement bodies. According to him, Armenian
investigators are involved in all examinations and investigations
conducted by their Russian peers.
He denied rumors that the Russian conscript will be transported to
the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don to be tried there.
Russian officials cite Article 61 of Russia's constitution which
prohibits the extradition to foreign states of Russian citizens
charged with crimes.
Permyakov, who pleaded guilty is charged with killing seven members of
the Avetisyan family, including a two-year-old girl and a six-month-old
boy, in a January 12 shooting rampage in Gyumri. He is currently kept
at the base.
Lebedev said the trial will be handled by the court of the Russian
Southern Military District, located in Rostov-on-Don, however, the
judges and other staff will arrive in Armenia to try the soldier at
the base in Gyumri.
The Russian-Armenian agreement signed in August 2010 has extended the
term of deployment of the Russian military base in Gyumri until 2044.
The base is equipped with S-300 long range surface-to-air missile
systems and MiG-29 fighters. -0-
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YEREVAN, March 30. / ARKA /. Valery Permyakov, a Russian soldier
accused of murdering the seven members of an Armenian family in the
town of Gyumri earlier this will be tried in the territory of the
102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, Oleg Levedev, deputy head
of a Russian State Duma (lower parliament chamber) committee on CIS
affairs, Eurasian Integration and relations with compatriots abroad,
said today in Yerevan..
Lebedev said the investigation is being handled jointly by Armenian
and Russian law-enforcement bodies. According to him, Armenian
investigators are involved in all examinations and investigations
conducted by their Russian peers.
He denied rumors that the Russian conscript will be transported to
the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don to be tried there.
Russian officials cite Article 61 of Russia's constitution which
prohibits the extradition to foreign states of Russian citizens
charged with crimes.
Permyakov, who pleaded guilty is charged with killing seven members of
the Avetisyan family, including a two-year-old girl and a six-month-old
boy, in a January 12 shooting rampage in Gyumri. He is currently kept
at the base.
Lebedev said the trial will be handled by the court of the Russian
Southern Military District, located in Rostov-on-Don, however, the
judges and other staff will arrive in Armenia to try the soldier at
the base in Gyumri.
The Russian-Armenian agreement signed in August 2010 has extended the
term of deployment of the Russian military base in Gyumri until 2044.
The base is equipped with S-300 long range surface-to-air missile
systems and MiG-29 fighters. -0-
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