ArmInfo.The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia opened a criminal case under the article on slander on the basis of a statement by the judge of the Criminal Court of Appeal Mkhitar Papoyan, Spokesperson of the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia Arevik Khachatryan told ArmInfo correspondent about this.
"A criminal case has been initiated under Article 344.2 of the RA Criminal Code (Libel against a judge, prosecutor, investigator, person conducting an inquiry, or a bailiff - committed against a judge in connection with consideration of a case or materials in court. Ed. note)", Khachatryan stated. To recall, some time ago, with reference to the Facebook page of forensic expert Artak Galstyan, it was reported that the decision of the court of first instance to release the second president of the country Robert Kocharyan was made by three judges of the Court of Appeal - Vazgen Rshtuni, Arshak Vardanyan and Mkhitar Papoyan. Following these publications, Mkhitar Papoyan submitted a statement about the crime.