Judge Vardan Grigoryan to preside over trial of Kocharyan and three other former officials
A summary of the indictment on the criminal case against Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan and three other former officials has been posted on the website of the Judicial Information System.
Judge Vardan Grigoryan is set to preside over the trial of the former top officials, including former Dedense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, ex-CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov and former Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of the National Security Council Armen Gevorgyan, the website revealed.
According to the indictment, Kocharyan is charged with overthrowing Armenia’s constitutional order during the March 1-2, 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan, abusing his powers and taking a bribe of large amount during his tenure from 1998 to 2008.
Seyran Ohanyan and Yuri Khachaturov, who served as Armenia’s deputy defense minister in 2008, have also been charged with an overthrow of the constitutional order during the post-election events.
Meanwhile, Armen Gevorgyan is charged with assistance to an overthrow of the constitutional order, corruption and money laundering.
The former president is currently remanded in pre-trial custody. Ohanyan and Gevorgyan have been released on a signature bond, while Yuri Khachaturov has been set free on bail.