Justice ministry mulls where 2015 Gyumri mass murderer will serve prison term

The justice ministry of Armenia is currently discussing the organization of Valery Permyakov’s prison term, the Russian soldier who massacred a family of 7 in Gyumri in 2015. Suren Krmoyan, deputy minister of justice, commented on media rumors alleging Permyakov is to be transferred to Russia.

“We have made an official statement, there is no any agreement. We have a verdict, works are underway to initiate this verdict. We don’t have any other information on any agreement. There is no information currently on negotiations,” the deputy minister told.

Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian military base of Gyumri, killed an entire family of six on January 12, 2015 in the city. A 6 month old baby survived the attack and was hospitalized. Unfortunately, doctors were unable to save the baby, who died after 7 days due to severe stabbing wounds.

Permyakov was apprehended while trying to cross the Armenian-Turkish border. In 2016, the murderer was sentenced to life in prison.