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Armenian General Prosecutor Gevorg Kostanyan’s petition sent to Russian General Prosecutor's office is currently being discussed by the Russian colleagues, reported a statement by Armenia’s General Prosecutor. Kostanyan had petitioned for the criminal case of the murder of a 7-member Gyumri family be transferred to Armenian law enforcement.
“As to statements about the publication of the content of the RA General Prosecutor’s petition, according to the Article 1.3 of the Law on Freedom of Information, the letter contains materials related to the preliminary investigation that is not subject to publication, hence in the interest of safeguarding the case’s pluralistic side and its objectivity, at this moment, the content of the petition can not be revealed.
The General Prosecutor calls for Armenian citizens to refrain from making ungrounded, non-professional opinions around this issue,” said the General Prosecutor’s statement.
Note, that the Union of Informed Citizens NGO demanded that the Administrative Court provided a copy of Gevorg Kostanyan’s petition addressed to his Russian colleague.
Recall, six members of the Avetisyan family were murdered on January 12 in their Gyumri home. The family’s seventh member, 6-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan, who had serious injuries, was transferred to the hospital and died 7 days later. Russian soldier Valery Permyakov is the central murder suspect of the case. Currently, Russian officials are not transferring Permyakov to Armenian law enforcement, although Russia is supposed to under an agreement signed between Armenia and Russia.