YEREVAN. – The Criminal Court of Appeal of Armenia has left for the counseling chamber to consider the pretrial measure for Armen Tavadyan, owner of the 5th Channel television. The decision will be announced today.

"The examination of the appeal is over," Tavadyan's attorney Aram Orbelyan told reporters. “We presented our position, the prosecution—its objection. We made statements, and the court went to the consultation room. The decision will be announced during the day; no clear hour is set."

The investigation into Tavadyan's criminal case is over, but the indictment has not yet been drawn up.

Armen Tavadyan, the owner of 5th Channel television of Armenia, has been arrested along the lines of the criminal case on Varuzhan Mkrtchyan, a supporter of Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan, who is believed to have proposed a victim of the March 1, 2008 case to take back testimony. Tavadyan was arrested on suspicion under the Criminal Code article on false testimony, and bribery or coercion to give a false conclusion or incorrect translation.