  Former Karabakh army commander handed six-year prison term November 28, 2017 - 12:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former commander of the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Defense Army Samvel Babayan on Tuesday, November 28 was sentenced to six years in prison for smuggling Igla air defense missile systems. The prosecution had demanded a 7-year term for the former Karabakh military official. Babayan is accused of "money laundering" and "arms smuggling". He was arrested in March 2017 in the framework of a criminal case instituted on the fact of contraband import of Igla systems from Georgia to Armenia. In the framework of the same criminal case, a number of Babayan's accomplices were also convicted - Sanasar Gabrielyan was sentenced to three years, Armen Pogosyan to two years of prison, and a trial period of three years was imposed on Andranik Kocharyan, Karen Kocharyan, Zhora Zakaryan, David Harutyunyan. None of them pleaded guilty.  Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
