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ArmInfo. In 2017, 1,207 crimes were recorded in the Armed Forces of Armenia and other military units, which is 11.1% less than in the same period in 2016. This is stated in the report presented at a meeting held under the leadership of the Prosecutor General of Armenia Arthur Davtyan and dedicated to summing up the results of the military prosecutor's office of the country in 2017. The Minister of Defense of Armenia Vigen Sargsyan also participated in the meeting. The Prosecutor General's Office notes that out of 1207 crimes - 768 cases or 63.6% were directed against military service, 439 or 36.6% - crimes of a different nature. "Of the above 1207 crimes, 191 or 15.8% - serious or especially serious, in particular 111 serious and 80 especially grave crimes. Compared to 2016, the number of serious crimes decreased by 6 cases or 5.1%, and especially grave crimes by 286 cases or 78.1%. However, these figures are incommensurable with the indicators of 2016, as most of the incidents in 2016 are related to the April "four-day war" and crimes committed by the enemy. Of the 80 serious crimes - 21 murders committed by the enemy, 3 - murders committed by servicemen, 53 - attempts of murder committed by the enemy, 1 attempted murder by a colleague, 1 theft of arms and ammunition on a particularly large scale, "the agency report says. The military prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutor General of Armenia Vahe Harutyunyan, who represents the results of the year, noted that according to an analysis conducted by the Prosecutor General's Office, the Armed Forces still carry crimes related to the violation of the military regulations and non-military relations between servicemen. The department also provided rates of crime detection in the Armed Forces, in particular 97.8% against 98.2% in 2016. "Repeated crimes reduced by 38.1%, which is conditioned by the work carried out by the command of military units and military police departments." In 2011, 116 such cases were recorded, in 59 cases or almost 100% more than in 2016. 36 criminal cases were initiated, indictments against 72 persons were sent to the courts, "the Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement. During the meeting, it was stressed that the increase in the number of crimes that are of a corrupt nature is due to the growing intolerance in the society, as well as the various activities undertaken to identify such crimes. Meanwhile, the Prosecutor General stressed that despite the reduction in the number of grave and particularly serious crimes in the Armenian Armed Forces, no indicators can be considered satisfactory if the army continues to suffer human losses, serious health damage, suicide. Davtyan also expressed concern over the facts of delaying the proceedings, which, he said, is completely unacceptable. He instructed to apply all measures of prosecutorial influence in order to ensure prompt judicial proceedings.

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ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. Member of the "Sasna Tsrer" group Armen Bilyan, after a meeting with representatives of the office of the Ombudsman of Armenia, stopped the hunger strike. According to the Ombudsman service, then he , accompanied by the workers of Ombudsman's office, was hospitalized in the Hospital for Convicts" of Armenian Justice Ministry.

ArmInfo. On the initiative of the office of the Ombudsman of Armenia, a working group consisting of a doctor, psychologist and lawyer visited the Nubarashen penitentiary to visit the members of the Sasna Tsrer group Araik Khandoyan, Armen  Bilyan and Smbat Barseghyan, the latter are still on hunger strike.

ArmInfo. On the afternoon January 10, supporters of the Sasna Tsrer conducted a protest action in front of the building of the Criminal Executive Department of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia.  The protesters, in particular, demanded Armen  Bilyan and Smbat Barseghyan to be transferred into another  penitentiary institution Nubarashen.

ArmInfo. Zhirayr Sefilyan, the hero of the Karabakh war, who was under arrest for alleged illegal possession and use of weapons, on January 9, from the "Armavir"  penitentiary, addressed an open letter to the Armenian society, where he reproached his compatriots for their indifference as to the events in the country and the fate of the members of the Sasna Tsrer.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.

Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador of Armenia to the United States, Professor of the Fletcher School of Tufts University, Ambassador Ruben Shugharyan in an interview with ArmInfo discusses the latest trends in the international situation around the Artsakh issue. He shares his vision of the negotiating agenda of the Armenian parties to the conflict. Represents his own approaches to the most favorable for Yerevan and Stepanakert scenario for the resolution of the Karabakh problem.

ArmInfo. The hostage child in the kindergarten of of the city of Armavir is rescued. The press secretary of the Police of Armenia Edgar Janoyan told ArmInfo correspondent.

ArmInfo. Armenian Defense  Minister Vigen Sargsyan believes that political terror is a powerful  blow for any state. "Unfortunately, our young state could not avoid  this test, similar to which fell to the share of different countries  - from the US and Egypt, from India to Norway." If Vazgen Sargsyan  were today among the living, he would undoubtedly be proud of the  progress of the Armenian state, would be proud the army, the armed  forces, of course, and we would feel stronger seeing an example of  such a national figure who made a great contribution to the country's  formation, but history does not like the subjunctive mood, and that  is what it is, "Sargsyan said on October 27 in the devil food with  journalists in the pantheon of Yerablur.

ArmInfo. Armenian National  Assembly lawmakers on October 27 honored memory of victims of the  terrorist attack in the Parliament, which occurred on October 27  1999. A group of terrorists, entering the Parliament, shot the  Chairman of National Assembly Karen Demirchyan, Prime Minister Vazgen  Sargsyan, Vice-Speaker of NA Yuri Bakhchyan and Ruben Miroyan, the  Minister of Operative Issues Leonard Petrosyan and lawmakers Armenak  Armenakyan, Mikael Kotanyan and Henrik Abrahamyan. 

ArmInfo. Hero of Artsakh, Major General Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan (with nickname Commando) in an interview to ArmInfo discusses the internal threats and problems of Azerbaijan in the context of artificial maintenance of tension on the borders with Artsakh and Armenia. The combat  general shares his vision of the steps taken by the army command in the direction of strengthening the Armenian defensive positions on the border, comments on and justifies the logic of the latest purchases of arms of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia, talks about his vision of army construction in Armenia .    

ArmInfo. In the investigation  committee of Armenia, during the investigation actions, the  circumstances of the death of the private Aram Khachatryan were found  out. As reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee  of Armenia, on October 20, 2017, soldier Khachatryan received a  gunshot wound in the area of the right shoulder while in the military  post. He died of a gunshot wound on the way to the hospital.

ArmInfo.The killing of an Armenian serviceman on the contact line between the  Artsakh-Azerbaijani troops and the enemy's bullet immediately after the Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting is further proof that Baku does not respect and does not intend to observe international agreements reached with its participation. Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov stated this in a conversation with  journalists.

ArmInfo. Armenia will establish responsibility for obstructing the activities of a medical worker. The corresponding draft amendments to the RA Criminal Code on the  protection of the life and health of medical workers was approved at  a meeting of the Armenian government on October 19.

ArmInfo. Yerevan should officially present Ilham Aliyev's recent  provocations on the border with Armenia and his provocative speeches  in Baku to the attention of the CSTO and the co-chairs of the OSCE  Minsk Group. Stepan Grigoryan, director of the Analytical Center for  Globalization and Regional Cooperation, expressed such an opinion to  ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. At the initiative of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Armenia on September 18, the week of Kazakh cinema was launched in the Yerevan cinema "Moscow".  "The  event was organized within the framework of celebrating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Kazakhstan and Armenia in modern history," the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Armenia Timur Urazaev told reporters during the opening ceremony of the event.