Leader of Prosperous Armenia opposition party Gagik Tsarukyan released on 100 million dram bail
22.10.2020,
18:35
A first instance court in Yerevan ruled today to satisfy the petition of the lawyers of the leader of the Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan to release him from custody on a 100 million dram (about $202,300) bail.
YEREVAN, October 22. /ARKA/. A first instance court in Yerevan ruled today to satisfy the petition of the lawyers of the leader of the Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan to release him from custody on a 100 million dram (about $202,300) bail.
The news was announced by Tsarukyan's lawyer Samvel Dilbandyan.
The lawyer said the petition was prompted by new circumstances, namely the martial law declared by Armenia after Azerbaijan, supported by Turkey and Middle East mercenaries, launched large-scale offensive against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). When asked whether Tsarukyan would be released today, the lawyer said that he did not know yet.
Armenia's National Security Service (NSS) and the Investigative Committee launched several criminal cases, which involve Tsarukyan and his supporters. Several companies affiliated with Tsarukyan, who is one of the richest businessmen in Armenia, are accused of illegal entrepreneurial activity, vote buying, falsification of documents and fraud with land plots, abuse of office in the Kotayk regional administration.
On June 14, the NSS officers searched Tsarukyan's mansion in the Arinj community (Kotayk region), then he was summoned twice for interrogation. Tsarukyan denies the charges as fabricated.
On June 16, the Armenian parliament voted to back a petition of the Prosecutor General's Office to deprive Tsarukyan of his parliamentary immunity and imprison him. On June 21, a lower court rejected the prosecutor's request to arrest him, however, the ruling was protested by NSS..
On September 25 a court ruled to approve a National Security Service’s (NSS) motion on remanding the Tsarukyan in pre-trial detention on charges of vote buying.
Gagik Tsarukyan has repeatedly said that the criminal cases brought against him and his associates are all fabricated and politically motivated. According to him, the reason is his criticism of the current government of Armenia, 'which is terrorizing its opponents." -0-
The news was announced by Tsarukyan's lawyer Samvel Dilbandyan.
The lawyer said the petition was prompted by new circumstances, namely the martial law declared by Armenia after Azerbaijan, supported by Turkey and Middle East mercenaries, launched large-scale offensive against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). When asked whether Tsarukyan would be released today, the lawyer said that he did not know yet.
Armenia's National Security Service (NSS) and the Investigative Committee launched several criminal cases, which involve Tsarukyan and his supporters. Several companies affiliated with Tsarukyan, who is one of the richest businessmen in Armenia, are accused of illegal entrepreneurial activity, vote buying, falsification of documents and fraud with land plots, abuse of office in the Kotayk regional administration.
On June 14, the NSS officers searched Tsarukyan's mansion in the Arinj community (Kotayk region), then he was summoned twice for interrogation. Tsarukyan denies the charges as fabricated.
On June 16, the Armenian parliament voted to back a petition of the Prosecutor General's Office to deprive Tsarukyan of his parliamentary immunity and imprison him. On June 21, a lower court rejected the prosecutor's request to arrest him, however, the ruling was protested by NSS..
On September 25 a court ruled to approve a National Security Service’s (NSS) motion on remanding the Tsarukyan in pre-trial detention on charges of vote buying.
Gagik Tsarukyan has repeatedly said that the criminal cases brought against him and his associates are all fabricated and politically motivated. According to him, the reason is his criticism of the current government of Armenia, 'which is terrorizing its opponents." -0-
