YEREVAN, February 4 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian Federal Security Services (FSB) border guard has been found dead in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, an Armenian police press release said on Wednesday.

"On Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. (16:00 GMT), the police department received a report stating that the body of a man dressed in military clothing had been found under the Kiev Bridge," the report read.

The dead man was identified as Artur Matyevosyan, 27, a Russian border guard. The investigation into his death is ongoing.

On Tuesday evening, the deputy head of the Armenian Police, Gevorg Mgeryan, was shot dead by an unknown assailant just 100 meters from the Kiev Bridge.