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68 percent of the Russians are aware of the Avetisyan family murder in the Armenian city of Gyumri, while 32 percent are not aware of this tragedy, Interfax reports, citing a poll conducted by Levada Center.

A relative majority of those who are aware of the murder said that the case must be dealt with jointly by Russian and Armenian investigators (48 percent), under Russian laws (42 percent), but in the territory of Armenia (44 percent).

25 percent of the respondents said that the Russian investigators must deal with the case, 21 percent favored the proceedings by the Armenian law enforcers, and 6 percent found it difficult to answer the question.

37 percent said the proceedings must be conducted by the Armenian court, 21 percent could not answer the question.

35 percent of the respondents said the proceedings must take place in Russia, 21 percent could not answer the question.

The poll was conducted on January 23-26 among 1,600 people in 134 settlements in 46 regions of Russia.

Six members of one family, including a two-year-old child, were shot dead in their house in Gyumri on January 12. A six-month-old baby was hospitalized with stab wounds. He died in hospital on January 12. Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian military base stationed in Gyumri, the main suspect in the murder, was detained by Russian border guards while attempting to cross the Armenian-Turkish border near Yerazgavors village in Armenia’s Shirak province. Permyakov is held in custody at the Russian military base. He was questioned and confessed to the crime. Permyakov is charged under Article 105.2 and 338.2 of the Russian Criminal  Code (murder and desertion). Also, Armenian Investigative Committee brought a charge against Permyakov under Article 104 part 2 point 1 (murder of two or more persons) of the Armenian Criminal Code.