Russian investigators are trying to ascertain the extent of the guilt of the Chita Military Commissariat and the commander of the local military unit in the criminal case against Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, who is the accused in the recent murder of seven people in Armenia’s Gyumri city.

The Russian military investigators are conducting an investigation to find out how Permyakov, who was under the constant supervision of a psychiatrist, was drafted to the Russian military base in Gyumri, LifeNews reported.

According to the source, the local military commissariat had concealed the fact that Permyakov was admitted to the psychiatric ward of the local military hospital immediately after his draft. And when it was decided to transfer the soldier from Chita to Gyumri, the persons in charge had forgotten to inform the relevant authorities about this fact.

At present, Baley city military commissariat department head Aleksander Loginovsky, and military unit commander Evgeny Sotskov are suspected of negligence, which could have led to the aforesaid Gyumri tragedy.

According to some information, charges have been filed also against several officials at the Russian military base in Gyumri.

Armenian News-NEWS.am spoke to Sona Truzyan, the adviser to the chairman of the Investigative Committee of Armenia, in connection with this information.

“The necessary investigative and procedural measures are launched to thoroughly investigate the incident. The relevant inquiries to provide his medical records are sent within this framework,” Truzyan specifically noted.

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; and the baby boy died in hospital on 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 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 charges.