make preferableVAGHARSHAPAT. – Protests against the release of MP and Yerkrapah (Defender of the Land) Volunteer Union Board ex-Chairman, retired General Manvel Grigoryan, continue since early Saturday morning, in Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armenia.
The Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reported that a group of people have blocked the central streets of the city.
On late Friday evening, the capital city Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction set Manvel Grigoryan free on an AMD 25mn (approx. US$51,600) bail.
Grigoryan was arrested on June 19. He is charged with unlawfully keeping weapons and ammunition, and committing large-scale embezzlement. In particular, it is about the embezzlement of the aid that was sent during the days of the four-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), in April 2016.
Armenia’s retired General Manvel Grigoryan released from jail on bail (PHOTOS)
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