Azatutyun. The court will today consider the issue of the preventive measure for the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" party, businessman Gagik Tsarukyan. The Investigative Committee has requested to detain him for two months.
The session will be presided over by Judge Garik Abelian.
Yesterday, according to the defense, after a search lasting about 12 hours at Tsarukyan's residence, he was arrested and taken to the Investigative Committee. During the night, he was transferred from the Investigative Committee to the court.
The Investigative Committee reports that Tsarukyan has been charged with assisting in particularly large-scale fraud and money laundering. Another person has also been arrested in the same case.
Tsarukyan's lawyer has called the charges "absurd and laughable," asserting that in cases where Tsarukyan or his associated companies should have been recognized as victims, he is now given the status of a defendant.
* This text was automatically translated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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