Trial resumes in case of Serzh Sargsyan and two others
The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction, presided over by judge Vahe Misakyan, on Thursday resumed the trial in the case of Armenia’s third President Serzh Sargsyan and two others.
The former president is present at the court hearing.
In addition to Serzh Sargsyan, charges were brought against former Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture Samvel Galstyan, head of a department of the ministry Gevorg Harutyunyan and Flash company owner Barsegh Beglaryan.
The prosecution of Sergo Karapetyan and Samvel Galstyan ended after they died from coronavirus in early 2021.
Serzh Sargsyan has been charged with organizing an alleged embezzlement of government funds along with the other officials through misuse of official position.
The indictment said that Sargsyan used his official position in January and February 2013, when he was president, to steer a government fuel contract to a particular company that cost the state an additional 489 million drams (roughly $1 million) in subsidies.