ArmInfo.The Moscow District Military Court sentenced businessman Aram Petrosyan, who seized the Citibank branch in August 2016, to 12 years in prison. The court found Petrosyan guilty of terrorism and hostage-taking in the Citibank branch. "Recognize guilty of terrorism and hostage-taking and sentenced to imprisonment for 12 years with serving a sentence in a strict regime colony," the judge said.
Also, the court sentenced Petrosyan to restriction of freedom for a period of one year after serving his sentence. This year he will be forbidden to travel outside the Moscow region and change his permanent place of residence. The civil claim of the victim for the amount of 50 thousand was also fully satisfied. Earlier, the state prosecutor asked the court to recognize the defendant Petrosyan guilty and appoint him a penalty of 13 years imprisonment in a strict regime colony. In August 2016, Petrosyan captured four hostages in the department of "Citibank" in the center of Moscow, threatening to blow it up. Then the man let the hostages go one by one and surrendered to law enforcement. Subject, which he gave out as a bomb, turned out to be a mockery. Petrosyan stated at the interrogation that he wanted to draw attention to the problem of bankruptcies.