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Gyumri Massacre Convict to Serve Life Sentence in Russia
Permyakov, a 20-year-old conscript soldier of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, was sentenced to life in prison by an Armenian court last August for murdering...Read More »
Family of Armenian Soldier Do Not Believe Son Died by Suicide
[Karen] was looking forward to April 26 because his mom was to go and spend a whole day with him in Karabakh. He was very happy and very excited about this, therefore he...Read More »
Three Karabakh Soldiers Drown in Reservoir Near Military Unit
Three soldiers of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense army were killed on May 8 when their car fell into a reservoir near the Mataghis military unit, the NKR defense ministry said in an official statement...Read More »
Armenian Conscript Sent to Border Unit Despite Serious Health Problems
The human rights defender has been provided with Kirakosyan's medical examination results, which, according to her, do not fully correspond to the soldier's current health state..Read More »
Mothers of Dead Armenian Soldiers Denounce Defense Ministry’s New Service Option
They offer the soldiers 5 million drams to serve for 3 years. Who would take them up on this offer? Children from poverty-stricken families, of course, who'll want to...Read More »
Armenian Authorities Won’t Allow Disclosure of Information in Russian Soldier’s Murder Case
The Aravot newspaper, for its part, had written that the suspect is a “Sunni Islamic fanatic who reads the Quran in three foreign languages – Greek, Arabic, and English...Read More »
Nagorno-Karabakh Conscript Found Dead in Alleged Suicide
According to the preliminary information gathered, 19-year-old Avetisyan's fatal wound was self-inflicted; a criminal case has been launched under article 110.1 of Armenia's ...Read More »
No Armenian Defense Official Held Responsible for Negligence During 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh Clashes
People were killed, and the compensation for their deaths should not just be paid out in medals; there should be a criminal investigation...Read More »
Russian Soldier Found Dead in Gyumri; Suspect Arrested
In 2016, [Armen J.] was committed to the psychiatric ward of the Central Clinical Military Hospital in Yerevan for multiple episodes of self-harm. He then underwent comprehensive...Read More »
Contract Soldier Dead in Vayk Military Unit
The press secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan confirmed the information, noting that the circumstances and causes of Isalov's death will be reported later...Read More »