ArmInfo. The special investigative service of Armenia sent a request to the competent authorities of Russia to check information on the Russian citizenship of the accused in overthrowing the constitutional order of ex-Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan. Sassun Khachatryan, the head of the SIS informed about this on September 11 answering the question of ArmInfo.
According to him, following the clarification of the issue of the citizenship of Mikael Harutyunyan, it will be possible to give a legal assessment to the actions of persons who appointed a foreign citizen to such high-ranking posts - the heads of the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense.
Recall that on August 16, Sasun Khachatryan told ArmInfo that talks about the Russian citizenship of Harutyunyan and Yuri Khachaturov are rumors. <We made inquiries. According to available information, these are rumors, "Sasun Khachatryan explained.
Meanwhile, two weeks earlier, the head of the CCC told the ArmInfo correspondent that he does not have information about the possible presence of Russian citizenship from the former defense minister of Armenia, the main military inspector Mikael Harutyunyan, who was wanted in search. At the same time, he assured that the information will be checked.
Meanwhile, on August 31, Interfax reported with reference to an informed source that the request for the extradition of ex-Defense Minister of Armenia Arutyunyan, who had been declared an interstate wanted, was admitted to the law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation and is currently under consideration. "It was preliminary decided that extradition will be refused, since it is established that since 2002 Mikael Harutyunyan has a Russian passport," the source said, recalling that under the Constitution, Russian citizens are not extradited to foreign countries, including for bringing to criminal responsibility .
It should be reminded that former Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan (wanted by Interpol) and CSTO Secretary General Yury Khachaturov (who was released on bail) are accused of overthrowing the constitutional order in the criminal case on the bloody dispersal of mass protest rallies on March 1, 2008, during the which killed 10 people.