AVETISYAN RELATIVES DEMAND TO ADD TO PERMYAKOV’S ACCUSATION
02.26.2015 16:00 epress.am
The representatives of Andranik Poghosyan, father ofAraks Avetisyan
killed on January 12 in Gyumri, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor
office director Artur Sakunts and human rights defender of the same
office Arayik Zalyan, have applied to the Investigative Committee
make additions to the charges against the murder suspect, Russian
soldier Valery Permyakov, said Zalyan in an interview with Epress.am.
The petitioners noted that not charging Valery Permyakov with illegally
attempting to cross the Armenian state border demonstrates inaction
by RA law enforcement.
“On January 13, 2015 at around 12:15 AM, the Russian Federation’s
border guards soldiers, at the official Armenian-Turkish state border,
arrested an unknown person for attempting to illegally cross the state
border, who was later known to be Valery Permyakov. In any incident
of an illegal border crossing the representatives of Russia’s border
guards are responsible to implement the actions under the article 5
of the September 30, 1992 agreement “On the status of Russian border
troops installed on the territory of the Republic of Armenia and the
conditions of their operations,” which rules out the possibility of
the representatives of the Russian Federation border troops to conduct
investigations unilaterally and defines cooperation in investigations
and urgent action with the RA National Security Service and law
enforcement, according to the Armenian criminal and judicial codes.
On January 13, at approximately 12:15AM, Russian border guards did
not pass an information the National Security Service (NSS) and
law enforcement about a person illegally attempting to cross the
Armenian-Turkish border, while the NSS and law enforcement did not
demand the information either. Valery Permyakov’s action, the illegal
attempt of crossing of the RA State border consists of article 329
of the RA Criminal Code as a premeditated act of illegally crossing
the state border,” said the petition.