A Levada-Center (Russia) survey has found out that 68 percent of the Russians are aware of the recent murder of the Avetisyan family in Armenia’s Gyumri city, and the subsequent events, Interfax news agency reported.

At the same time, however, it is noted that 32 percent of the Russians have not heard anything about this tragedy.

A total of 48 percent of respondents indicated that the Armenian and Russian investigators should jointly investigate this murder.

And 42 percent believes that Russian soldier Valery Permyakov, who is the accused in this murder, should be handed over to the Russian law, but in Armenia (44%).

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; and the baby boy died in hospital on January 19.

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 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.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia had stated that Valery Permyakov will face justice under Russian law, and this information had provoked a wave of protests in Armenia, especially in Gyumri and capital city Yerevan, and with a demand that Permyakov be handed over to the Armenian law enforcement.