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NKR Oppositionist’s Attackers Released Under Amnesty
The proposal to declare an amnesty on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Nagorno-Karabakh's independence was approved by NKR's National Assembly on August 25...Read More »
Armenian Authorities Demand Income Tax From Local Charitable Organisation
According to a statement published on the NGO's official website Monday, the Center has already applied to Armenia's highest officials, including the president and the prime minister, for tax exemption...Read More »
Russian Programmer Freed from Armenian Custody
Recall, Sergey Mironov was detained late last week by Armenian security forces upon his arrival at Yerevan's Zvartnots airport from Moscow. In a subsequent statement, Armenia's police said the Russian ...Read More »
Criminal Case Over Karabakh Veteran’s Beating Delayed in Hopes of Amnesty, Lawyer Claims
During the last hearing, which was held in September, 2015, lawyer Muradyan had filed a motion for the recusal of prosecutor Yuri Aghayan, claiming that the latter had “failed to notice the blatant and ...Read More »
Russian Citizen Detained in Yerevan Wanted by US since May, Armenia’s Police Say
Sergey Mironov, a 30-year-old Russian citizen who was detained by Armenian security forces in Yerevan's Zvartnots airport Friday, has been wanted by the US government since May 11 for alleged money laundering ...Read More »
Russian Soldier Convicted of Gyumri Family Murder, Sentenced to Life in Prison
Recall, six members of the Avetisyan family were shot to death on January 12, 2015, in their Gyumri home. The family’s seventh member, 6-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan, was transferred to the hospital with...Read More »
More ‘Daredevils of Sasun’ Members Captured by Security Forces, One Reportedly Missing
Founding Parliament demands that authorities provide information regarding the exact whereabouts of the gunman and warns that “full responsibility for his disappearance and all possible consequences falls on Serz...Read More »
Key Member of Yerevan Armed Group Arrested for Two Months
The gunman is accused of illegal acquisition and possession of weapons and of seizing state buildings, vehicles and/or communications facilities. He has denied all the charges brought against him, while his lawyer, Inessa Petrosyan...Read More »
Another Erebuni Gunman Taken to Hospital with Gunshot Injury
Founding Parliament anti-government movement, with which the gunman occupying the Erebuni police station are affiliated with, also reported on Facebook that Sedrak Nazaryan had been wounded and taken out of the occupied territory in an ambulance...Read More »
Erebuni Gunman’s Mother Deprived of Disability Benefits
The gunman’s mother has been deprived of her disability benefit following the July 17 armed siege of the Erebuni police station by the “Daredevils of Sasun.” Rima Khandoyan has been told that, as per the...Read More »