As we have already informed, today, January 21, the trial of former RA President Robert Kocharian, former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, former CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov and former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan begins today, on 21 January at the Shengavit residence of the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan.

During the court hearing, the judge noted that defendants believed that on January 9, the victim’s successor was threatened at the trial; the defense argued that the court did not properly respond to such an incident and therefore found that they were deprived of the opportunity to fully exercise their rights and responsibilities, and report that they will therefore not be present at the hearing.

Robert Kocharyan’s advocates Aram Orbelyan, Hayk Alumyan, Hovhannes Khudoyan, Aram Vardevanyan and Ruben Sahakyan, Armen Gevorgyan’s defense lawyer Eric Alexanyan were not present at the hearing, arguing that they were deprived of the opportunity to fulfill their rights and responsibilities.

A sanction was applied against Yuri Khachaturov’s attorney Mihran Poghosyan.

The hearing was postponed, and the next hearing was scheduled for 4 February  at 1:00 pm.

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