Head of SIS: Over 1 thousand interrogations were conducted in the  last 6 months within "March 1" case

ArmInfo.As part of the "March 1" case, over 1 thousand interrogations were conducted in the last 6 months. This was stated by Head of the Special Investigation Service  (SIS) Sasun Khachatryan on November 28 at an event dedicated to the SIS Day.

According to him, in the framework of this case, more than 20  examinations were appointed, including a comprehensive examination,  over 40 searches and several dozen excavations were conducted. It  should be noted that the head of the investigation team on the events  of March 1, 2008, Hrach Musheghyan, at the suggestion of the Prime  Minister, was today awarded the "Mkhitar Gosh" medal. Acting First  Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan handed over the  Medal to Musheghyan.

To recall, it is within the framework of the "March 1" case that the  second president of the RA, Robert Kocharyan, former Defense Minister  Mikael Harutyunyan and former CSTO Secretary General Yury Khachaturov  are accused. Kocharyan himself,  accused under art. 300.1 of the  Criminal Code of Armenia in overthrowing the constitutional system in  the framework of the criminal case on the dispersal of protest  rallies on March 1, 2008, even before his arrest (July 28), called  the accusation against him political persecution. According to him,  this is a "vendetta" under the slogan of love and solidarity of the  "velvet revolution". However, on August 13, the Court of Appeal  changed the measure of restraint against Kocharyan, taking into  account his immunity, and Robert Kocharyan was released from custody  in the courtroom.