Armenian authorities foil coup plot
The National Security Service (NSS) has thwarted an attempt to usurp power in Armenia.
The suspects involved five Armenian citizens and two former residents of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), the Investigative Committee said in a statement on Wednesday.
The seven men, as well as several other unidentified persons, underwent fire training at the Arbat military base in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, before the planned coup, receiving 200,000 rubles in allowances.
Some of the recruited individuals later refused to participate in the seizure of power, while the other members of the crime group were unable to fulfil their plans because they were exposed by the law-enforcement authorities.
Three suspects have been arrested, while four others have been put on the wanted list.
Measures are underway to identify their accomplices.