Andrey Malakhov visits Gyumri, extends his condolences over Gyumri family murder
Russian TV journalist, showman and TV presenter Andrey Malakhov was spotted in Armenia’s Gyumri city on Sunday when he was entering the Municipality, Aravot.am reports. The source says the TV presenter extended his condolences to Gyumri Mayor Samvel Balasanyan over the brutal murder of the Avetisyan family and apologized for the offensive remarks and expressions said about Armenians during his talk show “Let them Talk”(“Пусть говорят” in Russian). On the day of the funeral of the Avetisyan family members when the entire Armenia was mourning the slaughter of innocent people and calling for justice outside the Prosecutors Office and the Russian Consulate in Gyumri, Andrey Malakhov was discussing [in his show] an incident in Krasnodar Krai during which three Armenian men beat one another for a Russian woman and saying disgraceful things about Armenians. This aroused great indignation among the residents of Gyumri who wrote a letter to the Russian TV personality reprimanding him for his tactless behaviour. Six members of the Avetisyan family - Seryozha Avetisyan, his wife Hasmik, daughter Aida, son Armen, daughter-in-law Araksya, and two-year-old granddaughter Hasmik, were murdered in their home on January 12. Only the six month-old Seryozha Avetisyan survived, who was hospitalized with stab wounds in his chest. The six murders that occurred in Gyumri shocked residents of Armenia. Later on the same day Valery Permyakov, a Russian soldier stationed at military base No. 102 in Gyumri was arrested by Russian border guards and Armenian security forces when attempting to cross the border with Turkey. Permyakov confessed to the murders.
