Opposition MP raises question of footage from Zvartnots specially  protected zone ended up at Pashinyan family newspaper`s disposal

ArmInfo. Opposition MP Gegham Manukyan from the Armenia faction reported that he sent a request to Andranik Simonyan, Director of the National Security Service (NSS), asking him to clarify how a video recording from the specially protected zone, recorded by a camera installed at the RA NSS border checkpoint at Zvartnots Airport, appeared on the Telegram page of the  daily newspaper "Haykakan Zhamanak," owned by the Pashinyan family.

"Perhaps my questions are rhetorical, as the Armenian law enforcement  system has long been an institution engaged in illegal activities in  the interests of Nikol's government and its whims. Incidentally, this  is not the first time I've approached the National Security Service  with a question of this nature. I've repeatedly raised the issue in  the National Assembly of instances where video recordings from  specially protected areas, such as the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia and Zvartnots Airport, fall into the hands of the  government propaganda machine for political purposes," Manukyan wrote  on his Facebook page.

He also said he'd received numerous reports that, according to  military police at Armenian border checkpoints, several thousand  compatriots were barred from leaving Armenia several days before the  elections, a gross violation of the law and fraught with serious  criminal consequences. "Nikol is trying to make everyone complicit in  his crimes," Manukyan concluded.

It was previously reported that Armenia's second president, Robert  Kocharyan, was denied exit from Armenia. Kocharyan's office stated  that no compelling reasons were presented for the ban. Meanwhile,  pro- government media outlets circulated videos showing Kocharyan  undergoing border control, accompanied by the caption "Kocharyan is  attempting to leave the country." Interestingly, such speculation  occurred despite Kocharyan's office having notified him in advance of  his intention to leave Armenia for three days for personal reasons.