The sitting on the "Silva case" was postponed to the end of January...
Case of Armenia's second president Robert Kocharyan
Today, Judge Anna Danibekyan presided over the hearing of the case of Armenia's second President...
The previous several sessions were not convened for various reasons…
At this phase, the court has proceeded to the consideration of the case materials…
The presiding judge accepted the defense’s motion…
Earlier, the defense had motioned to…
The presiding judge has begun considering the motions…
At the previous court session, several motions were submitted. But they were not considered…
The previous few court sessions were not held in connection with…
The presiding judge left for the deliberation room to make her decision on this action…
The previous hearing last week was rescheduled due to Kocharyan being ill…
Armenia ex-President Kocharyan, former deputy PM and now MP Gevorgyan case court session rescheduled
Due to the second president's absence from the courtroom…
The previous session was not held as the presiding judge was participating in training courses…
As per Kocharyan’s attorney, the ex-president will need medical treatment for about 10 days…
At the last hearing, the court did not allow Gevorgyan to ask questions of interest about the charge against him…
"It's just ridiculous. I do not know what to defend myself from,” he told the court…
The petition asked the court to grant him permission to travel to Rome to participate in the sitting…
The last hearing was rescheduled because of…
The presiding Judge made this decision—and in connection with Armen Gevorgyan's absence from the courtroom…
They are charged with taking bribes—and based on…
The next court session is scheduled for March 15…
Gevorgyan told the court that he needs to return to today’s National Assembly sitting, adding that attending this sitting was his constitutional duty…
At the last session, Kocharyan's defense lawyer had motioned to petition to the Constitutional Court—and due to the ambiguity of the accusation…
The wording of the accusation is not clear to me from the moment of filing the accusation…
Part of the indictment against them was read at the previous hearing…
He said that the actions of which he is accused are not clear…
According to this indictment, in 2008, businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan had petitioned to high-ranking Armenian officials to…
Armenia 2nd-President Kocharyan, ex-deputy PM and now lawmaker Gevorgyan criminal case trial resumes
They stand trial on the basis of businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan's testimony about alleged bribe-taking…
The hearing had started with a technical recess…
The previous hearing was rescheduled because Kocharyan's defense attorneys were not in the courtroom…
The defense lawyers were not in attendance…
The previous hearing was rescheduled because a case of the coronavirus was reported in the family of the second president…
Both defendants were absent from the courtroom…
In the previous session, the court had denied the two motions of Gevorgyan's lawyers on the matter of his parliamentary immunity…
This court hearing will be held after a long break…
According to Alumyan, there are signs that the premier will attempt to say—through his legal representative in court—that…
Alumyan noted that the prosecutor's office was behaving inadequately…
The court is considering the motion for Gevorgyan to head for Strasbourg, France, to attend the Winter Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe…
The court announced a recess…
The Criminal Court of Appeal had rejected the...
Today's hearing, like the previous several others, did not take place…
The previous several sessions were rescheduled for various reasons…
The ex-president's defense attorneys had earlier informed the court that…
One of the former President’s lawyers informed the court that a relative of Kocharyan had contracted the coronavirus, and the ex-President had been in contact with this person…
The previous few hearings were rescheduled…
As reported earlier, Judge Anna Danibekyan, who presides over the court session on the criminal case against second President Robert Kocharyan and Gevorgyan, on Tuesday denied Gevorgyan's new lawyer Aleksandr Kochubayev’s motion for the self-recusal of the presiding judge…
This ruling is not subject to appeal…
The previous few sessions, however, have not been held…
Since Armen Gevorgyan's lawyer was absent from the courtroom…
A defense attorney is absent from the courtroom…
At the previous hearing, one of the defense lawyers had left the courtroom as a sign of protest against the presiding judge's actions…
The motion was submitted in the previous hearing…
The next court hearing is...
Earlier, the court had not allowed him to attend the autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe…
In connection with his being a main member of the National Assembly delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)…
Armen Gevorgyan's lawyers were replaced at an earlier session…
In addition, the day of these hearings—that is, Tuesday—remained unchanged, and the next session was set for October 12…
The attorney reminded the court that being a member of the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) presupposes the parliamentary immunity of an MP, and in case of stripping off of this immunity, the respective consent of the PACE is also needed…
Lusine Sahakyan told the court that she has a law education and knows what she needs to get familiarized with…
At the previous hearing, Armen Gevorgyan's lawyers were replaced…
This is happening in a country whose authorities have declared it a "bastion of democracy"…
The prosecutors didn’t object Sahakyan’s participation, but...
The session was pushed back for three weeks in early September…
The prosecutor argued that the appeal of the ex-president’s attorneys should not be granted…
At the previous session held on August 30, the lawyers had petitioned to reduce the amount of bail…
Judge Danibekyan left for training courses…
Today’s hearing was rescheduled due to the absence of defense attorney Erik Aleksanyan…
Thee attorney stressed that the judge's actions grossly violate his client’s rights…
Tuesday’s court session started with the consideration of the behavior of attorney Erik Aleksanyan at the August 24 hearing…
The previous session last week was not held due to power outage in the court building…
As a result, the holding of today’s court session is uncertain…
The previous session last week was accompanied by a scandal…
Khudoyan recalled that such a motion was submitted also to the court of general jurisdiction…
The next hearing is scheduled for August 31…
"The prosecutor's office has not yet apologized to me for the illegal imprisonment...
The court, however, stated that there was no need to adjourn Tuesday’s hearing…
Khudoyan recalled that Article 96 of the Constitution defines the procedure and circumstances of overcoming parliamentary immunity…
Today, Armen Gevorgyan will have to "sacrifice" his participation in the parliamentary debates on the government program in order to attend this court hearing…
He believes that the issue of criminal prosecution against him should be clarified by the Constitutional Court…
The motion came to be spontaneously…
The court process is continuing after a long break due to…
At the moment, it is still unclear what interests Margarita Tovmasyan is guided by…
On the criminal case against him and second President Kocharyan…
In order not to enter that field, the days of court sessions can be separated from the days of parliamentary sessions…
But Gevorgyan shall be brought to the next court session…
The court process will continue after a long break due to…
Documents were submitted to the court confirming their parliamentary immunity as MP candidates…
To give the defense time for the submission of parliamentary immunity documents…
A number of previous sessions were rescheduled for various reasons…
The previous hearings were held in May…
As reported earlier, today’s court hearing was...
Kocharyan’s attorney Aram Vardevanyan recalled the...
Earlier, Gevorgyan’s attorney Erik Aleksanyan had asked...
The next hearing was scheduled for May 25…
Former deputy PM Armen Gevorgyan is a defendant, too…
And of several other former senior officials…
“The arguments are not convincing,” noted Gevorg Baghdasaryan…
The coronavirus test result of the ex-President is awaited…
Judge Anna Danibekyan informed that...
What are he and former deputy PM Armen Gevorgyan charged with?…
According to him, Nikol Pashinyan probably...
During the past three years, he spent about 500 days in prison…
Commenting on the court’s decision, the...
Orbelyan highlighted that the criminal prosecution was...
In May 2019, the Yerevan Court of...
On March 25, the Constitutional Court promulgated...
On March 25, the Constitutional Court promulgated...
In response to a specifying question...
The aforementioned attests to the fact that only after...
And of several other former senior officials…
They were absent from the previous court hearings…
On March 26, the Constitutional Court declared...
It is obvious that the prosecutors were afraid to appear at today's court session…
The court has refused to discontinue—based on the decision of the Constitutional Court—the criminal prosecution against the defendants, including former President Robert Kocharyan…
The court adjourned, and the next hearing was set for April 12…
Based on the decision of the Constitutional Court…
Seyran Ohanyan commented on the well-known decision of the Constitutional Court…
The defendants are charged under the Criminal Code article which the Constitutional Court has invalidated…
The first court session after the Constitutional Court decision…
The attorney emphasized that the...
The imagination of these people is boundless—in the bad sense of the word…
It took more than 2.5 years to record what was obvious to most lawyers…
There is an important disclosure…
Robert Kocharyan’s defense and reputable...
The Constitutional Court of Armenia announced...
On July 18, 2019, the Constitutional Court rendered a...
According to Torosyan, there are many...
The attorney recalled that if...
You do not have to be a political scientist to know what will happen if the “rabbit” misses when hitting the “bear”…
Asked who is coordinating the...
The next hearing will take place on March 30...
"They do not use Gevorg Baghdasaryan, but he uses," Prosecutor Baghdasaryan said…
Until the decision of the Constitutional Court…
In connection with his absence from the February 23 session…
And the similar petition by the Yerevan court of first instance…
It involves several other former senior officials, too…
The chief judge of the court spoke against the verbal consideration of this matter…
On the matter of constitutionality of Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code…
And based also on the petition by the Yerevan court of first instance…
Examining the cassation appeal of the...
Vardevayan stated that even though the...
The court scheduled the next session for March 23…
It involves several other former senior officials, too…
Tuesday’s court hearing of the criminal case against second President Robert Kocharyan and several other former senior officials was rescheduled…
It involves several other former senior officials, too…
They were chanting, "Kocharyan, hero"…
Due to the illness of former Deputy Prime Minister—and another defendant—Armen Gevorgyan…
It involves several other former senior officials, too…
Of the Yerevan court where the session on the criminal case against him and several other former senior officials is taking place…
There will be a protest outside the court building…
The next hearing was scheduled for March 2…
It involves several other former senior officials, too…
Khachaturov’s lawyer Eric Alexanyan asked to...
The lawyer asked the court to hold the session behind closed doors...
During the last hearing...
Yuri Khachaturov’s lawyer had stressed the inadmissibility of such treatment of national heroes…
The defendants—Robert Kocharyan, former...
The petition by an injured party in the case…
The prosecution did not object…
The presiding judge said that this motion was submitted to the court back in 2019…
It involves several other former senior officials, too…
“Political prisoner” is not a political, but a legal assessment…
The investigators are resorting to tricks so that…
Vardevanyan stressed that the prosecution had not made any substantive objections…
The decision cannot be appealed…
The political subtext of the trial over the...
He stressed that the criminal case on the events of March 1, 2008 in Yerevan is connected with the elections and post-election processes…
"The issue was raised at the previous session and was not explained. It is unclear to us on what grounds he was allowed to leave the country," the prosecutor said…
It involves several other former senior officials, too…
As per Bagrat Mikoyan, the coordinator of his office…
The court decision was announced by the presiding judge…
The next court hearing is scheduled...
During today’s court hearing on the...
One of them is for the recusal of Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan…
The essence of the motion is to find out the reasons for the frequent absence of lawyers at these court hearings…
They greeted him with applause…
His supporters have assembled outside the court…
The PM and his conceited team have failed not only the judicial reforms, but the state in general…
The previous court hearings were...
The Administrative Court has ordered the Yerevan Kentron and Arabkir administrative districts to issue respective advertising permits…
The Constitutional Court of Armenia appointed the consideration...
Judge Anna Danibekyan decided to postpone the session until December...
The case includes several other former senior officials, too…
In Karabakh, remains of deceased relatives are transferred to territory not controlled by Azerbaijan
The photos were posted on her Facebook page by a citizen...
The hearing was postponed since...
As Judge Anna Danibekyan opened the trial...
According to Khudoyan, investigator Musheghyan has committed many gross and obvious violations during the collection of materials for the criminal case involving Kocharyan…
Prosecutor Petros Petrosyan clarified that Grigoryan had...
The defense had filed motions to provide all the materials for the criminal case on the tragic events that had unrolled on March 1, 2008 in Yerevan…
They greeted him with applause and chanting, "Kocharyan, hero!"…
The prosecution is expected to make statements today…