On 19 September, the court hearing in the case of the former Chairman of the Urban Development Committee, Vahagn Vermishyan, was held at the Criminal Court of Appeal.  Sergey Marabyan was the presiding judge. Judges Mesrop Makyan and Karen Amiryan were in the jury.

According to Iravaban.net , the public prosecutor in the case did not appear at the court session, he asked to postpone the session.

The Presiding Judge checked the identity of the defendants and their lawyers.

Both the defense and the prosecution filed appeals against the verdict of the first instance. All the defendants, who submitted an appeal, demand that the verdict of the first instance be completely overturned and that they be declared innocent.

The prosecutor did not appear at the session due to being busy with another case.

In a conversation with Iravaban.net, Alexander Kochubaev said that Vahagn Vermishyan demands an acquittal on all episodes of the accusation.

To note, on 15 May, the court of first instance, presided over by Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan, sentenced Vahagn Vermishyan to 8 years in prison.

Let’s remind that Vermishyan was charged with receiving a particularly large bribe.

According to the NSS, using his official position contrary to the interests of the service and out of personal interest, according to the agreements reached with the persons carrying out construction works or the representatives of the construction companies, both personally and through a close relative, Vermishyan in 5 cases of large and particularly large amount of 1,000,000-2,500 .000 AMD in exchange for receiving a bribe in the form of money or material values, during 2019, performed actions for their benefit or contributed to the quick making and provision of the desired decisions.