Yuri Khachaturov: You`ve been getting on our nerves for so many  years, why can`t I get on yours

ArmInfo.  The court hearing in the case of the second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, former CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, former Defense Minister  Seyran Ohanyan, and former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan was  brief today. Yuri Khachaturov did not receive the indictment in a  language he understood.

During the previous hearing, State Prosecutor Hayk Hovhannisyan  presented the court with the text of the new indictment. Yuri  Khachaturov, however, demanded a Russian-language version. The court  immediately handed over the text for translation after the hearing,  but it had not yet been provided for today's hearing. Judge Sargis  Petrosyan tried to explain to Khachaturov that if he read the Russian  version of the text after receiving it, the hearing would be  adjourned. However, if he reads it through his lawyer, Mihran  Poghosyan, rather than reading it in person, the hearing could  continue, since his lawyer had already received the Armenian version  of the indictment.

"If you want to read the case in person, the court will not restrict  your rights. However, if you choose not to read it, it will simply  become a formality. If we translate three volumes, give them to you,  and at the next hearing you declare that you haven't read them and  don't plan to, what should we do?" the court asked.

"I'll tell you one thing: you've been getting on our nerves for so  many years, why can't I do the same for you? Translate it, and then  we'll talk?" Khachaturov said, noting that he would like to receive  the translation before the hearing. In response, the judge warned  that upon receiving the  text, the former Chief of the General Staff  of the Armed Forces would be questioned, putting him in an awkward  position if he couldn't answer. "I'm not your student, so while  you're asking me questions; I will  answer," Khachaturov responded.

Consequently, the court hearing was postponed until December 17.