Armenia’s Investigative Committee has now charged Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, charged with the January 15, 2015 murder of seven Avetisyan family members in their Gyumri home, with armed robbery.  

On August 12 of this year a Russian military court in Gyumri sentenced Permyakov to ten years for being AWOL from the 102nd Russian military base and for carrying illegal firearms.

The Russian soldier will be tried in an Armenian court for the murders.