ARMENPRESS. The trial of ex-President Robert Kocharyan and other former officials charged in the 2008 post-election unrest case, known as the March 1 case, is commencing a Yerevan court.
Judge Anna Danibekyan is presiding.
Rival demonstrations are again taking place outside the courthouse: some are Kocharyan’s supporters while others are protesting against his possible release.
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Kocharyan is charged with overthrowing constitutional order and bribery.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces in 2008, as well as retired general Yuri Khachaturov, a former CSTO secretary general who served as Deputy Minister of Defense and head of the Yerevan garrison in 2008, and former Secretary of the Security Council Armen Gevorgyan are also charged in the March 1 case.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
