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YEREVAN. - After the electoral processes, the charges brought against former Karabakh defense minister Samvel Babayan were mitigated.

Leader of Heritage Party Raffi Hovannissian told the aforementioned to journalists at the 11th Congress of Heritage Party held on Sunday.

According to him, Samvel Babayan is a political prisoner.

“I have no ground to think that Samvel Babayan is not a political prisoner. Secondly, the presumption of innocence is effective with regard to him. Thirdly, it is very interesting that after the electoral process his charges were mitigated. I don’t know whether this is according to a plan or not but I continue to insist that the reasons and the timing were both political,” he said.

Samvel Babayan was detained on March 20 and as part of the criminal case launched into the smuggling of Igla missile system.

The charge of smuggling military equipment was later mitigated. But, subsequently, a new charge was brought against him: money laundering. Now, he is charged with two indictments.

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