13:49, 10 February 2015

Russia's Prosecutor's Office ready to act as prosecution party in Gyumri massacre

As stated by Sergey Fredinskiy, the Chief Military Prosecutor of Russia, officials of the Russian Prosecutor's Office may act as prosecutors in the trial on the murder of the Avetisyan family in the Armenian city of Gyumri.

Answering a reporters' question, whether the Russia's Military Prosecutor's Office is ready to join this resonant criminal trial, Mr Fredinskiy replied: "I think so." However, he noted that there was no substantive discussion about it, the RIA "Novosti" reports.

According to his story, officials of the Prosecutor's Office may act as the prosecution party. He could not specify the date, when the inquiry into the murder can be completed.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the Investigating Committee (IC) of Armenia asked Russia about the mental health of Valery Permyakov. Earlier, a source informed about the appointment of psychological and psychiatric examination of Permyakov; however, on February 4, Yerem Sarkisyan, the victims' advocate, did not confirm this information.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.