ArmInfo."I will not go down to the level of the lawyers of Robert Kocharyan and those who accuse the SIS of legal illiteracy," head of the Special Investigative Service  of Armenia Sasun Khachatryan told journalists on August 2.

ArmInfo. The Office of the President of Armenia, in response to a request by ArmInfo, conveyed the position of Armen Sarkissian on the arrest of second President Robert Kocharian in the March 1, 2008 case.

ArmInfo. The lawyers of the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan submitted to the Court of Appeal an appeal on the decision of the court of first instance on  the arrest. This was reported by one of the lawyers of Kocharyan - Aram Orbelyan.

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ArmInfo. An MP from the Tsarukyan faction, head of the Commission on Culture, Education, Youth and Sports Vardan Bostanjyan submitted an application to the  Speaker of the parliament Ara Babloyan to lay down his mandate.  According to the rules of the National Assembly, if the MP does not  withdraw his application, his powers are considered terminated.

ArmInfo. The Faction of the Republican Party of Armenia collects signatures for releasing on bail the second president Robert Kocharyan, who was accused within the March 1, 2008 case in overthrowing the constitutional order.

ArmInfo. The decision of the court of first instance on the arrest of the second Armenian President Robert Kocharian will be appealed today in an appeal order. This was reported by one of the lawyers of Kocharyan - Aram Orbelian.

ArmInfo. The "Armenian Renaissance" Diaspora organization welcomes the criminal prosecution of Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and the process of charging those guilty of overthrowing the constitutional order in connection with the events of March 1, 2008.

ArmInfo. The arrest of the  second RA President Robert Kocharyan has political motives and is  connected with the change of power in Armenia. The director of the  Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan expressed this opinion at  the press conference.

ArmInfo.  Attraction of Yuri  Khachaturov as a defendant in the criminal case may negatively affect  the image of Armenia in the CSTO. The director of the Caucasus  Institute Alexander Iskandaryan expressed this opinion at the press  conference.

ArmInfo. The opinions of the Artsakh political forces regarding the arrest of the second president of Armenia, the first president of Artsakh and the hero of Artsakh  Robert Kocharyan within the framework of the case on March 1, 2008  diverge.

ArmInfo.The chairman of the National Democratic Union party, Vazgen Manukyan, does not agree with the accusations brought against Armenia's second president Robert Kocharyan and the CSTO secretary general Yury Khachaturov, and considers them unfounded. This was reported in his statement on the investigation of the March 1 case and the arrest of the second  Armenian President Robert Kocharyan.

ArmInfo. The accusation of the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan in overthrowing the Constitutional system is not only fabricated, but also extremely illiterate from the legal point of view. Kocharyan's lawyer Ruben  Sahakyan told during press conference today.

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ArmInfo.The "Constituent Parliament" and the group "Sasna Tsrer" welcome the fact of the arrest of the second president and charges against him in the  framework of the case on March 1, 2008, considering this to be the  greatest achievement of the revolution.

ArmInfo.Armenia appealed to the Collective Security Treaty Organization with a proposal to begin the procedure for the replacement of the CSTO Secretary General.  Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Tigran  Balayan told ArmInfo about this.

ArmInfo. Armenia's Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan met with the second president Robert Kocharyan, who was arrested the night before at the Yerevan-Center.

ArmInfo.The first instance court of the Shengavit district of Yerevan granted the petition of the investigative body on the arrest of the CSTO Secretary General Yury Khachaturov. Nevertheless, as his lawyer Mihran Poghosyan told journalists, an alternative preventive measure will be applied against Khachaturov in the form of pledge.

ArmInfo.The Court of First Instance of Shengavit District of Yerevan granted the request of the Special Investigation Service of Armenia for choosing 2-month arrest as a preventive measure against the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan. As Kocharyan's lawyer Aram Orbelyan stated, tomorrow at 12:00 it will be announced at the press conference whether defense is going to appeal against the court's decision. Meanwhile, according to another lawyer of the second president Ruben Sahakyan, they will certainly appeal the decision of the court.

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