The attempts to politicize tragedy in Armenia's Gyumri are unacceptable, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said during a press conference on Wednesday.

The attempts to politicize situation are neither coming from the Armenian, nor Russian leadership. Some people want to use this tragedy to get geopolitical dividends, he emphasized.

“This is disgusting and unacceptable, and is not worth of proud Armenian people,” RIA Novosti quotes Lavrov.

The Russian Minister said they would do everything for the crime not to go unpunished, and so that the guilty person could receive the most severe punishment.

He added that Russian-Armenian relations will not be damaged because of the current situation.

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

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.” The Investigative Committee of Armenia also has launched a criminal case on these murders.

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.