Expert: Armenian law-enforcers are not involved in Permyakov case investigation to full extent

 "I am not sure that Armenian law enforcers are involved in the Permyakov case investigation to the full extent", Stepan Grigoryan, Head of the Council of the Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation, said at today's press conference. 

He said that some questions about the murder of the Avetisyans' family in Gyumri remain without answers.  It remains unclear how Permyakov was able to shoot 6 people dead all by himself given that those people were in different rooms. In this light, Grigoryan does not rule out that other people may be behind the crime. 

In addition, it is not clear yet who exactly caught Permyakov on the Armenian-Turkish border. "If he was caught by the Armenian law-enforcers, why did they give him to the Russian 102nd military base in Gyumri? If Permyakov was caught by the Russian frontier guards, why didn't they transfer him to the relevant bodies?" said Grigoryan. He added that the given issue is not even being discussed officially.    

The expert recalled that the Russian 102nd base in Gyumri is not the territory of the Russian Federation de jure. So, the talks about the need to transfer Permyakov to the Armenian side sound at least strange, because he is all the same in the territory of Armenia. "I do not see that Armenia's relevant bodies display a serious approach to the full investigation of the crime committed in Gyumri", he said. 

On Jan 12, 6 members of the Avetisyans' family were murdered in Gyumri. Though 2 weeks have passed since the day of the murder, the investigation has not yet reasonably explained the reasons why Valery Permyakov could commit that horrible crime. At the moment, the criminal is staying in the territory of the Russian 102nd military base and the residents of Gyumri still demand transferring Permyakov to Armenian law-enforcers. The only survivor of the Jan 12 tragedy, 6-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan, died of stab wounds on Jan 19.