The first court session on the case of former Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan and others started today, on 19 January, in the Avan residence of the Court of First Instance of the city of Yerevan.

In a briefing with reporters, the lawyer of Davit Galstyan (Patron Davo) said that the court should discuss the validity of the measure of restraint.

“The problem is the following. The arrest was made so that Davit Galstyan would not interfere during the preliminary investigation. Now the investigation is over, all the witnesses have been interrogated, all the evidence is there. In my opinion, there is no risk of hindering! The issue here is the court’s assessment,” he said.

The Defender noted that at this stage there will be no question of changing the measure of restraint on bail.

“We will offer the best solution in court, let’s see what will happen. We decided to mediate so that the trial would be open, because in fact there was no state secret. All possible information is published. Public trials can be objective to some extent,” he said.