Notorious political figure Arkady Vardanyan and his friend Arsen Avetisyan, who were arrested for attempted assassination of Arsen Avetisyan Ruben Avetisyan, actually were suspected in organization of attempted assassination of the top leadership of Armenia, a Yerevan-based Hraparak newspaper writes after familiarizing with the materials of the criminal case against Vardanyan and Avetisyan.
The paper writes that the National Security Service officers began tracing Vardanyan and Avetisyan after certain Samvel Kuroyan told the NSS that they were plotting a state coup with assassination of the top leadership of Armenia. Afterwards, the paper writes, Kuroyan was not summoned to the police for either interrogation or identification.
Arkady Vardanyan was arrested on 18 May for suspicion of plotting attempted assassination of his friend Ruben Avetisyan together with the latter's son Arsen Avetisyan. In the source of the investigation, Ruben Avetisyan said he did not believe in the suspicions of the Investigative Agency. Arkady Vardanyan arrived in Armenia from Russia in 2011 and tried to seize power through public unrest. He was arrested and jailed for several months. Later, the measure of restrain was changed and he was set free. Afterwards, he left the country.