Armenia`s ex-minister of culture amnestied 

ArmInfo.  Former Armenian Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan (2006-2016), found guilty by the court of abuse of office and aiding and abetting large-scale fraud, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison. However, she was granted amnesty. This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia.

The office recalled that on October 18, 2023, the Prosecutor  General's Office reported that between 2012 and 2016, Poghosyan,  using her official powers to the detriment of state interests,  assisted a criminal group in the illegal appropriation of a  300-square-meter plot of land allocated from a land plot granted to  the P.  Tchaikovsky Secondary Music School in Yerevan for free use.  It is noted that on September 27, 2023, the prosecutor's office  opened a criminal case against Poghosyan, and on October 4, 2023, it  was transferred to the Anti-Corruption Court.

"By the November 6, 2025, verdict of the Anti-Corruption Criminal  Court, Hasmik Poghosyan was found guilty of abuse of office, aiding  and abetting fraud on an especially large scale, and sentenced to  four years and six months in prison. The verdict entered into force  today. By the aforementioned verdict of the Anti- Corruption Criminal  Court, the accused Hasmik Poghosyan was released from punishment.  Article 2, Part 1, Article 2 of the RA Law on Declaring Amnesty in  Criminal Cases in Connection with the 2800th Anniversary of the  Foundation of Erebuni-Yerevan and the 100th Anniversary of the  Declaration of Independence of the First Republic of Armenia, which  entered into force on November 6, 2018, was applied," the Prosecutor  General's Office of Armenia reported.