YEREVAN. – Supporters of the second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, have gathered in the yard of the Yerevan court where the session on the criminal case against him and several other former senior officials is taking place.

Those present started chanting, "Nation, army, victory!"

Also, the demonstrators are holding banners that read, "I lost my house in [Artsakh’s (Nagorno-Karabakh)] Hadrut, I do not want to lose my homeland."

Earlier, the committee for the freedom of Robert Kocharyan had called on his supporters to gather in the aforesaid court yard.