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ArmInfo. The Investigation Committee of Armenia announced the search for former pro-rector of Shirak State University Anahit Farmanyan, the sister of RPA deputy Samvel Farmanyan.

ArmInfo. The party of defense of the CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov filed an appeal against the actions of the court of general jurisdiction. The lawyer of Khachaturov Mihran Poghosyan told journalists about it.

ArmInfo. The decision of the  Armenian Criminal Court of Appeal to change the measure of restraint  against Armenian 2nd President Robert Kocharyan will be made public  on August 13 at 4:00pm, one of the defendants' lawyers - Aram  Orbelyan stated in an interview with journalists. In his opinion, the  defense's request will be granted.  According to the lawyer today the  arguments of the sides were considered. The lawyer stressed that  Robert Kocharyan has delivered an impressive speech.

ArmInfo. Consideration of the  appeal against the decision of the first instance court for the  arrest of the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan started in  Yerevan Appeals Criminal Court today afternoon.

ArmInfo. The court session of the appeal court on considering the appeal of lawyers of the 2nd President Robert Kocharyan on changing his measure of restraint will  continue today at 14:00pm.

ArmInfo. According to strictly  preliminary calculations, embezzlement in the "Yerevan" fund is  estimated at 1 billion 807 million AMD. On August 9, head of the  National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan  stated in an interview with journalists.

ArmInfo.Adviser to Armenian Prime Minister on Foreign Policy Issues Arsen Kharatyan in an interview to ArmInfo comments on the recent events in Armenian-Russian relations. He declares the main foreign political vectors of the Armenian government noting that there are no intentions of any drastic changes. He shares his vision of Artsakh conflict settlement, Armenian government's stance on Stepanakert's return to the negotiations table.

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ArmInfo. The Prosecutor  General's Office of Armenia rejected the petition of 46 Armenian MPs  on changing the measure of restraint of the Armenian second president  Robert Kocharyan from arrest to release on bail.

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ArmInfo. ''The statement by the  ARF Dashnaktsutyun party regarding Robert Kocharyan's arrest is  unclear for me," RA Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said at the  Facebook press conference today, referring to the ARFD statement that Kocharyan's arrest causes deep concern and can be considered as a  political persecution.

ArmInfo.  A group of MPs from  Artsakh submitted to the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia a  petition for changing the measure of restraint of the second  president of Armenia, the first president of Nagorno Karabakh, the  hero of the Artsakh war Robert Kocharyan, who was arrested related to  the case on March 1, 2008 charged for overthrowing the constitutional  order. As the Spokesperson of the Artsakh parliament Anush Khavalyan  reports, the MPs in particular ask to change the arrest of Kocharyan  to any other preventive measure not related to the deprivation of  freedom, taking into account his merits to Armenia and Artsakh.

ArmInfo.Human rights organizations of Armenia appealed to Nikol Pashinyan with   call to take steps to ensure human rights, the release of prisoners through  in-depth investigation of previously adopted court decisions,  especially for life-term prisoners, as well as "prisoners of  conscience", including the case of Shant Harutyunyan.

ArmInfo. The signatures of 45 members of the Armenian parliament were sent to the Prosecutor General's Office to review the measure of restraint of Robert  Kocharyan. As the ArmInfo correspondent was informed in the  Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia, the  signatures have already been received, the issue is under  consideration.

ArmInfo.The Spanish National Police reported on the detention of three thieves in law, one of which the authorities consider the third person in the hierarchy of  the so- called Russian mafia, Sur reports referring to the EP agency. 

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ArmInfo.CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov can leave the country for some time. This was reported to the correspondent of ArmInfo by the press secretary of  the Special Investigative Service SIS of Armenia Marina Ohanjanyan.

ArmInfo.The head of the Armenian Special Investigation Service (SIS) does not have information about the possible Russian citizenship of the former defense minister,  chief military inspector Mikael Harutyunyan, who was put on the  wanted list. "According to the information we have, Mikael  Harutyunyan is a citizen of the Republic of Armenia alone," Head of  the department Sasun Khachatryan told ArmInfo on 2 August.