The hearing on the motion to extend the arrest of the second president of Armenia and his son has been postponed, according to a lawyer.

ArmInfo. The hearing on the motion to extend the pretrial detention of Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharyan, and his son, Sedrak Kocharyan, has been postponed. Lawyer Hayk Alumyan told the media this.

According to him, the hearing was postponed under the pretext of the court's workload. "The hearing on the motion to extend the pretrial detention of the son of Armenia's second president, Sedrak Kocharyan, is being postponed. The hearing on the motion to arrest Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharyan, was also postponed under the pretext of the court's workload," the lawyer said.

As a reminder, on August 25, National Security Council officers conducted searches in the apartment of Levon Kocharyan, a member of the opposition Armenia faction and the son of second president Robert Kocharyan, and in companies affiliated with the Kocharyan family. Robert Kocharyan and Sedrak Kocharyan were then detained and taken to the Anti-Corruption Committee for questioning. Robert Kocharyan was charged that same day with large-scale money laundering, abuse of office (in connection with the ratification of government decisions - ed.), and accepting a large bribe. Nine other individuals were also charged in the case. On August 27, the Anti-Corruption Court ordered Kocharyan's pretrial detention for two months.

It should be added that members of the second Armenian president's political party attribute his arrest to an attempt to neutralize a key member of the opposition amid the Armenian government's readiness to make further concessions to Azerbaijan.