YEREVAN. – Protest actions against the court decision on releasing MP, retired General Manvel Grigoryan continue in Etchmiadzin.

The protesters gathered on Sunday near the main square of Etchmiadzin.

Manvel Grigoryan is in his house which is guarded by police

As reported earlier, the capital city Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction on Friday released Manvel Grigoryan 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.