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Interfax, Russia
Jan 16 2015
Russian diplomat vows probe into killing of Armenian family to be impartial
YEREVAN. Jan 15
An investigation into the killing of six people, members of the same
family, in northern Armenia, in which a Russian military serviceman
has been implicated, will be impartial, and, if found guilty, he will
be punished to the full extent of the law, Russian Ambassador to
Armenia Ivan Volynkin said.
"I am addressing all citizens of the Republic of Armenia. The funeral
of the Avetisian family members was held in Gyumri today. I would like
once again to express my condolences to the relatives and beloved ones
of the innocent victims of a crime, which is beyond belief of any
normal person. Such atrocities cannot be justified. They have no
relation either to ethnicity or citizenship. All embassy workers share
the pain of this loss with the brotherly people of Armenia and grieve
together with them," Volynkin said.
"I am sure the criminal will be punished to the full extent of the
law. Armenian and Russian competent agencies are jointly conducting
the investigation. It will be impartial and all-embracing. I have no
doubt about this," he said.
There have been difficult periods in centuries-long history of
Russian-Armenian friendship, but "we have always overcome these
difficulties by combining our efforts and supporting each other. I
believe the same will be now as well," he said.
Several dozen people staged pickets near the Russian embassy building
in Yerevan on Thursday to demand that Valery Permyakov, the Russian
military serviceman accused of killing six people in Gyumri, be handed
over to Armenian justice system.
The picketers demanded that, if found guilty, Permyakov serve his
sentence at a local prison.
Six people, members of the same family, including a two-year-old
child, were killed in Gyumri in northern Armenia on January 12. A
six-month-old child was hospitalized in critical condition with a
knife injury.
Permyakov was detained soon afterwards on suspicion of committing the
killings and is being held on the base. Armenia officially indicted
him in line with its Criminal Code on Wednesday.
Local media reported citing their own sources that Russia's 5th
Garrison Military Court ruled to take Permyakov into custody.
The Armenian Prosecutor General's Office press service had reported
earlier that Permyakov would not be handed over to Armenian
investigative bodies as he is a Russian citizen and is under the
jurisdiction of Russian investigative agencies.
Gyumri saw rallies of thousands of people near the Russian consulate
general and the 102nd military base on Wednesday, whose participants
demanded that Permyakov be handed over to Armenia.
Jan 16 2015
Russian diplomat vows probe into killing of Armenian family to be impartial
YEREVAN. Jan 15
An investigation into the killing of six people, members of the same
family, in northern Armenia, in which a Russian military serviceman
has been implicated, will be impartial, and, if found guilty, he will
be punished to the full extent of the law, Russian Ambassador to
Armenia Ivan Volynkin said.
"I am addressing all citizens of the Republic of Armenia. The funeral
of the Avetisian family members was held in Gyumri today. I would like
once again to express my condolences to the relatives and beloved ones
of the innocent victims of a crime, which is beyond belief of any
normal person. Such atrocities cannot be justified. They have no
relation either to ethnicity or citizenship. All embassy workers share
the pain of this loss with the brotherly people of Armenia and grieve
together with them," Volynkin said.
"I am sure the criminal will be punished to the full extent of the
law. Armenian and Russian competent agencies are jointly conducting
the investigation. It will be impartial and all-embracing. I have no
doubt about this," he said.
There have been difficult periods in centuries-long history of
Russian-Armenian friendship, but "we have always overcome these
difficulties by combining our efforts and supporting each other. I
believe the same will be now as well," he said.
Several dozen people staged pickets near the Russian embassy building
in Yerevan on Thursday to demand that Valery Permyakov, the Russian
military serviceman accused of killing six people in Gyumri, be handed
over to Armenian justice system.
The picketers demanded that, if found guilty, Permyakov serve his
sentence at a local prison.
Six people, members of the same family, including a two-year-old
child, were killed in Gyumri in northern Armenia on January 12. A
six-month-old child was hospitalized in critical condition with a
knife injury.
Permyakov was detained soon afterwards on suspicion of committing the
killings and is being held on the base. Armenia officially indicted
him in line with its Criminal Code on Wednesday.
Local media reported citing their own sources that Russia's 5th
Garrison Military Court ruled to take Permyakov into custody.
The Armenian Prosecutor General's Office press service had reported
earlier that Permyakov would not be handed over to Armenian
investigative bodies as he is a Russian citizen and is under the
jurisdiction of Russian investigative agencies.
Gyumri saw rallies of thousands of people near the Russian consulate
general and the 102nd military base on Wednesday, whose participants
demanded that Permyakov be handed over to Armenia.