STEPANAKERT, JANUARY 22, ARTSAKHPRESS: Sona Truzyan, the adviser to the chairman of the Investigative Committees of Armenia, told about the abovementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am. Zhoghovurd daily had reported that Permyakov was taken to the Gyumri hospital, on the day following his arrest, where he was subjected to a variety of medical tests. According to the same sources, the Russian soldier had been beaten. As reported earlier, six members of the Avetisyan family—including a two-year-old girl—were shot dead, and a six-month-old baby 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.” And on Wednesday, January 21, the Investigative Committee of Armenia also filed a criminal charge against Permyakov, and with “premeditated murder of two or more persons.” The Russian soldier has accepted the charge.