YEREVAN. – The Armenian investigators’ interrogation of Valery Permyakov is conducted in line with the law of Armenia.

Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan noted the abovementioned at Thursday’s National Assembly hearings devoted to the recent tragedy that occurred in Gyumri, the country’s second largest city.

Kostanyan added that an investigator from the Investigative Committee of Armenia is preparing a report defined by the Criminal Procedure Code of Armenia.

As for transferring the reports, the attorney general recalled that respective criminal cases have been filed in Armenia and in Russia, alike. According to him, they will discuss the avenues for transferring the proceedings in a way that the evidence will be accessible to both sides.

As reported earlier, six members of the Avetisyan family—including a two-year-old girl—were shot dead, and a six-month-old baby was wounded in their house in Gyumri on January 12; but the baby boy died in hospital on Monday, January 19.

Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian Military Base in the city, stands accused in this crime. Permyakov was apprehended by the Russian border guards near the Armenian-Turkish border on the same night, he was arrested on January 14, and he 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.” And on Wednesday, January 21, the Investigative Committee of Armenia also filed a criminal charge against Permyakov, and with “premeditated murder of two or more persons.” The Russian soldier has accepted the charge.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia had stated that Valery 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.