STATE PROSECUTOR DEMANDS 15 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR NKR EX DEFENSE MINISTER SAMVEL BABAYANJanuary 31, 2001 - 20:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 31.01.2001, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. On January 31 Prosecutor Vahram Avagyan continued the speech for the prosecution at the trial of the case of the terrorist act against NKR President, the correspondent of Mediamax reports from Stepanakert.With the consideration of the fact that the crime was committed under martial law conditions, the State prosecutor thought it expedient to pass the following sentences for the accused: Ex Defense Minister of NKR Samvel Babayan, accused of organizing the terrorist act and weapon theft - 15 years of imprisonment in colony under strict regime, 5 years of which are to be spent in prison, with confiscation of private property. Sasun Aghajanian and Levon Mirzoyan, accused of being indirect executors of the terrorist act - also 15 years of imprisonment in colony under strict regime, 5 years of which are to be spent in prison, with confiscation of private property. Eric Faramazian, who participated in the preparation and commitment of the crime - 14 years in colony under strict regime, 5 years of which are to be spent in prison, with confiscation of private property. David Gulian, who helped the terrorists to leave the place of crime - 10 years of imprisonment in colony under strict regime. For the rest of the accused conditional sentences are passed, with changing the preventive punishment and liberating them from under the custody after the verdict comes into effect. Vahram Avagian also thought it expedient to deprive all the accused of their state awards and military ranks. The court announced break in the court session until February 13 to give the lawyers and the victims time to prepare the speech. --0-- Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Exclusive access to all EURO 2024 games for Ucom subscribers This year once again Ucom stands as the primary partner of UEFA EURO 2024 in Armenia. Azerbaijan complains to Germany about Armenia's constitution Bayramov has complained about the Armenian constitution to his German counterpart Annalena Berbock. idcoin: New tool in IDBank’s loyalty system IDBank has announced the launch of idcoin, a new tool in the customer loyalty system. Glendale mayor to visit Yerevan Asatryan last visited Armenia in December 2022-January 2023 as she helped establish a partnership between Armenia’s Opera House and Los Angeles Opera. |