  Opposition oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan will be released on bail October 22, 2020 - 19:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A court in Yerevan has ruled that opposition Prosperous Armenia Party leader, oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan will be released on bail of AMD 100 million ($200,000). Tsarukyan was put in custody on September 25 for two months ahead of a trial on charges of vote-buying in 2017 parliamentary elections. The country's National Assembly stripped the lawmaker of his immunity in June, allowing him to be arrested, after the National Security Service raided his home and interrogated him. Three criminal cases have been launched against him and companies owned and run by him over illegal business activity, electoral bribery and land alienation. Tsarukyan's arrest was ordered by the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction over allegations of misconduct surrounding the 2017 elections, which preceded the peaceful revolution of spring 2018.   Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year.Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan.Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan.Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |
