The Armenian Defense Ministry has called for the creation of a nationwide militia that would reinforce Armenia’s armed forces in times of war.
A key witness in the criminal case against opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian has denied that the money he received from the tycoon ahead of the 2017 parliamentary elections was meant for vote buying.
Robert Nazarian, Armenia’s former chief utility regulator, strongly denied corruption charges brought against him on Friday one day after his arrest.
Ruben Hayrapetian, a once influential businessman linked to Armenia’s former leadership and prosecuted on a string of criminal charges, has been a Russian citizen since 2003, prosecutors in Yerevan said on Tuesday.
A court in Yerevan on Monday refused to allow a law-enforcement agency to arrest the city’s former deputy mayor indicted in an ongoing criminal investigation into Ruben Hayrapetian, a wealthy businessman linked to Armenia’s former leadership.
A senior judge has been nominated by his colleagues as another candidate to replace one of the three members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court who were controversially dismissed in June.
A lawyer for Ruben Hayrapetian said on Thursday that Russian law-enforcement authorities have effectively refused to extradite the wealthy businessman linked to Armenia’s former leadership and prosecuted on a string of criminal charges.
A government body has revoked the operating license of a company managing Armenia’s largest casino owned by embattled businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian.
Armenia’s Court of Appeals overturned Wednesday a lower court’s refusal to sanction the arrest of Gagik Tsarukian, the indicted leader of the main opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK).
A court in Yerevan refused on Monday to allow investigators to arrest Mikael Minasian, former President Serzh Sarkisian’s fugitive son-in-law prosecuted on corruption charges denied by him.
Prosecutors have formally asked the Court of Cassation to overturn a lower court’s June 18 decision to release Armenia’s indicted former President Robert Kocharian from prison on bail.
Armenia’s Court of Appeals adjourned on Thursday the first hearing on the pre-trial arrest of Gagik Tsarukian, the indicted leader of the main opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), sought by prosecutors.
Former President Robert Kocharian was released from custody at the weekend after paying a record $4.1 million bail set by an Armenian court.
Armenia’s Court of Appeals ordered on Thursday that Robert Kocharian be released from prison on bail pending the outcome of the ongoing trial of the former president facing coup and corruption charges denied by him.
Four days after Armenia’s Court of Appeals revoked an arrest warrant issued for Mikael Minasian, investigators said on Monday that they have broadened corruption charges brought against former President Serzh Sarkisian’s fugitive son-in-law.
A court in Yerevan has thrown out controversial criminal charges brought against a judge who ordered former President Robert Kocharian’s release from prison a year ago.
Former President Robert Kocharian’s lawyers and detractors offered on Friday different interpretations of conclusions drawn by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the legality of coup charges brought against him.
A law-enforcement body has asked a Yerevan court to allow it to arrest Ruben Hayrapetian, a wealthy businessman linked to Armenia’s former leadership, on kidnapping and assault charges.
Hundreds of residents of Karajan, a small town in southeastern Armenia, took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the arrest of four local men linked to its mayor.
The Armenian authorities will strictly enforce their social distancing and hygiene rules for citizens after lifting virtually all restrictions on business activity in the country, senior government officials insisted on Friday.
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