ArmInfo. The Criminal Court of Appeal, chaired by Judge Narine Hovakimyan, rejected the complaint of the lawyer of the former MP of the National Assembly, General Mihran Poghosyan, about the revision of the preventive measure in his regard.
The Court of Appeal held the decision of the court of first instance to arrest Poghosyan. To recall, Poghosyan was involved in the offshore case as an accused under paragraph 1 of part 3 of article 179 of the RA Criminal Code (assignment on a large scale) and part 2 of article 308 of the RA Criminal Code (abuse of office, which resulted in negligence).
Currently Poghosyan is in Russia under house arrest. The Russian side
is considering his petition for political asylum in the Russian
Federation.