YEREVAN. - Investigative Committee (IC) of Armenia hasn’t yet received any materials from the Russian side on the case of the Avetisyan family murder, Sona Truzyan, adviser to the IC Chair, told Armenian News – NEWS.am.

As reported earlier, during the meeting of Armenia’s President Sargsyan and Maksim Sokolov, Co-Chair of the Armenian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, it was decided to turn over Russian soldier accused of murdering the Armenian family to the local justice system.

Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian Military Base in Gyumri, stands accused in this crime. He shot 6 members of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri on January 12. Permyakov was apprehended by the Russian border guards near the Armenian-Turkish border on the same night, he was arrested on January 14. 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.