Instead of listing meaningless articles, the prosecutor's office could have written more clearly that President [Robert] Kocharyan is accused of not funding Nikol's Haykakan Zhamanak [daily] in the 2000s, not handing over power to [PM] Nikol [Pashinyan] in 2008, not reaching an agreement with Nikol after 2018, and of intending to punish the national treason committed by them. This was stated by Bagrat Mikoyan, the head of the office of the second president of Armenia and leader of the opposition "Armenia" bloc, Robert Kocharyan.

"People know very well who is and who are the beneficiaries. People should know one thing: it is already an axiom that they [i.e. the incumbent Armenian authorities] imprison the president before every coming disaster. Let’s wait for the next tragedy they will bring," Mikoyan added.

Earlier, Armenian News-NEWS.am reported that today at around 7am, law enforcement officers raided the house of opposition MP Levon Kocharyan, while his father, second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, was taken by investigative bodies to the Anti-Corruption Committee. Later, it became known that Robert Kocharyan and his eldest son, Sedrak Kocharyan, were detained.

In addition, also early this morning, tax authorities of Armenia sealed the Yerevan office of Toyota.

Investigative and procedural actions are being carried out at Orange Fitness club, Play City entertainment center, and in the directors' homes within the framework of criminal proceedings. The Kocharyan family has shares in these companies.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday had instructed the law enforcement to deprive second President Robert Kocharyan and third President Serzh Sargsyan of their property.