Interfax: Permyakov will go on trial in Armenia on the premises of Russia’s military base

Russia and Armenia 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, sources familiar with the situation told Interfax on Tuesday, the news agency informs.

“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.

Another source told Interfax that Russia and Armenia had also agreed to cooperate during a preliminary investigation.

Permyakov also faces charges of going absent without leave (AWOL) in possession of firearms, accordimng to the source.

“The Russian side will be informed of all circumstances established by Armenian investigators and will add them to the case files,” the source said.

Remind, that Armenian family of six, including a two-year-old child, were murdered in Gyumri, northern Armenia, on January 12. The only survivor, six-month-old Sergei Avetisyan, was hospitalized with stab wounds. He died on January 19.