Russia has officially reaffirmed its refusal to extradite to Armenia a Russian soldier accused of murdering the seven members of an Armenian family in Gyumri earlier this year.
Hundreds of angry taxi drivers blocked the main squares of Yerevan and Gyumri with their cars on Monday in protest against new taxation rules introduced by the Armenian government.
Armenian authorities have presented a photocopy of an official document sent from Russia acknowledging the receipt of Yerevan’s formal request for the transfer to Armenian custody of a Russian soldier accused of killing seven members of a single family in Armenia last month.
Relatives of a seven-member family that was massacred in Gyumri last month demand that the Russian soldier charged with the murders be handed over to Armenian authorities.
A man arrested for his role in last month’s violent protest near the Russian consulate in Gyumri was set free on Friday just hours before scores of people were due to rally in Armenia’s second largest city to demand his release.
In a move that could reignite tensions in Gyumri, the Armenian police made on Wednesday the first arrest in their investigation into last month’s unrest which followed the slaughter of a local family blamed on a Russian soldier.
Armenia has formally asked Russia to extradite a Russian soldier accused of murdering seven members of an Armenian family in Gyumri.
Angry street protests in Gyumri could reignite if Russian authorities fail to hand over a Russian soldier charged with killing seven members of a local family to Armenian law-enforcement bodies, a senior Armenian clergyman warned on Monday.
A Russian parliamentary delegation on Friday visited Gyumri and laid flowers to on the fresh graves of the seven members of local Armenian family who died in a killing spree blamed on a Russian soldier.
Thousands of mourners in Gyumri attended on Wednesday the funeral of a six-month-old Armenian boy who died of his injuries one week after a brutal attack that left the six other members of his family dead.
Russian and Armenian law-enforcement authorities agreed on Tuesday to coordinate their separate investigations into the killing of seven members of an Armenian family in Gyumri blamed on a Russian soldier.
The Armenian police tightened security around key government buildings and Russian facilities in Gyumri on Monday in an apparent anticipation of fresh protests against the slaughter of a local family blamed on a Russian soldier.
The Armenian police guarded Russia’s military and diplomatic facilities in Gyumri on Friday one day after clashing with local residents protesting against a deadly shooting spree allegedly perpetrated by a Russian soldier.
Hundreds of angry people clashed with riot police outside the Russian consulate in the Armenian city of Gyumri late on Thursday on the second day of protests against the killing of a local family allegedly committed by a Russian soldier. (UPDATED)
Amid mounting anger in Gyumri, the Russian military on Thursday pledged to ensure “the most severe punishment” for one of its soldiers believed to have killed six members of a local Armenian family.
More than a thousand furious residents of Gyumri marched through Armenia’s second largest city on Wednesday to demand that a Russian soldier accused of killing six members of a local family be handed over to Armenian law-enforcement authorities. (UPDATED)
A runaway Russian soldier admitted murdering six members of an Armenian family in Gyumri after being detained overnight, a senior Armenian police official said on Tuesday.
A fugitive Russian soldier suspected of murdering six members of an Armenian family in Gyumri was reportedly detained on Monday night less than 24 hours after a manhunt launched for him in Armenia.
Law-enforcement authorities in Armenia hunted on Monday for a Russian soldier suspected of shooting and killing six people, including one child, and wounding another near his military base in Gyumri. (UPDATED)
The Armenian government has refused to finance badly needed repairs of battered streets in Gyumri, sparking allegations of retribution against local residents who overwhelmingly voted against President Serzh Sarkisian’s reelection.
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