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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.

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