Armenia’s Shirak Region Governor Feliks Tsolakyan telephoned Andrey Ruzinsky, Commander of the 102nd Russian Military Base in Gyumri, at a press conference on Monday.

Ruzinsky informed that the military base has launched a fundraising campaign to help the relatives of the Avetisyan family, who were brutally killed in the city.

Tsolakyan, however, responded that the relatives of the family do not need this help.

As reported earlier, six members of the Avetisyan family—including a two-year-old girl—were shot dead, and a six-month-old baby boy was wounded in their house in Gyumri on January 12. Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian Military Base in the city, stands accused in this crime. Valery Permyakov is held in custody at the Russian military base.

The soldier is charged under Russian law, with “the murder of more than two people,” and “desertion with a service weapon.” The Investigative Committee of Armenia also has launched a criminal case on the murders.

The Prosecutor General’s Office had said Permyakov will face justice under Russian law, and this information had provoked a wave of protests in Armenia, especially in Gyumri and capital city Yerevan.