Permyakov trial to be held soon, Slutksy says

The trial of the Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, accused of murdering the Avetisyan family in the Armenian city of Gyumri, will not be delayed. This was stated by the head of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, Leonid Slutsky.

"All the answers that arise today about the case will be given in the proceedings before the court - it will take place quite soon," he said today during a meeting in Gyumri with the governor of the Shirak region of Armenia, Felix Tsolakyan, and the mayor, Samvel Balasanyan.

The Armenian side expressed its concern over the lack of answers to a number of issues related to the murder.

"The main thing now is to give people information," RIA Novosti quotes Tsolakyan.