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Jan 19 2015

Putin Vows Swift Justice Over Slaughter Of Armenian Family

RFE Monday 19th January, 2015

Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised a swift investigation
and appropriate punishment for the massacre of six members of a single
family near Russia’s military base in Armenia.

But accounts of Putin’s telephone conversation with Armenian President
Serzh Sarkisian on January 18 gave no indication that Moscow would
transfer the Russian soldier authorities say has confessed to the
killings into Armenian custody.

The massacre in the city of Gyumri sparked large protests last week by
Armenians who demanded that Private Valery Permyakov face trial in an
Armenian court.

A Kremlin statement said Putin expressed condolences to the relatives
of the victims and told Sarkisian that Russian doctors would help
treat a 6-month-old boy who was the sole surivivor of the attack last
week.

Putin told Sarkisian that the investigation would be carried out “in
the swiftest period of time and the guilty will be punished in
accordance with the law.”

The killings are testing ties between Russia and Armenia, which has
just joined the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union and hosts the base
that is Moscow’s biggest foothold in the strategic South Caucasus.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress