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Second former Armenian defence minister to face charges in past week

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Armenia’s Prosecutor General has submitted an arrest warrant for former Defence Minister Vigen Sargsyan, the second former defence minister to face charges in the last week. The arrest warrant issued against Sargsyan on Thursday related to charges of misappropriating property meant for a military housing programme. Sargsyan served as minister of defence from 2016 until the 2018 revolution. He succeeded Seyran Ohanyan, who, on Wednesday, was stripped of immunity as an MP to face separate char

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Senior Armenian opposition MP stripped of immunity to face charges

by Ani Avetisyan

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The Armenian Parliament has stripped Seyran Ohanyan, the parliamentary leader of Armenia’s largest opposition faction and a former minister of defence, of his parliamentary immunity. Members of the ruling party voted to strip the Armenia Alliance leader of his immunity on Wednesday, in a session boycotted by members of the opposition. Ohanyan, who served as minister of defence between 2008 and 2016, was charged two years ago with abuse of power and embezzlement of state funds and property wh

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Proposition to prosecute Armenian opposition leader put to parliament

by Ani Avetisyan

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Armenia’s Prosecutor General on Friday submitted three requests to parliament to begin criminal proceedings against parliamentary opposition leader and former defence minister Seyran Ohanyan. Armenia’s parliament will vote on whether to begin proceedings in early February. Seyran Ohanyan served as Defence Minister between 2008 and 2016, and has led the Armenia Alliance, the country’s largest parliamentary opposition bloc, since 2021. In 2020 and 2021, Ohanyan was charged with abuse of p

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‘Enhanced security’: Armenian settlers in Nagorno-Karabakh

by Armine Avetisyan

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The authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh are hoping to incentivise more people to settle in the sparsely populated areas of Nagorno-Karabakh to encourage economic growth and strengthen its sense of security. However, the unresolved conflict with Azerbaijan casts shadow on these plans. Levon, who now resides in Yerevan, has been thinking of moving to Nagorno-Karabakh for over a year. He is 24 years old and studies at the National Polytechnic University of Armenia. A communications engineer