ArmInfo.On March 3, the court of general jurisdiction decided to postpone consideration of the defense's petition to terminate the criminal prosecution of the case of former President Robert Kocharian and others, as well as to terminate the criminal case. As the judge Anna Danibekyan explained, the decision was made taking into account the need to study all available evidence and significant factors.
Recall that Kocharian is being accused in the case of March 1, 2008. On November 7 last year, a court of general jurisdiction in Yerevan, chaired by Judge Anna Danibekyan, rejected the request of the ex- president's lawyers for his release on bail. On December 20, the Court of Appeal rejected the motion of the defense against this decision. Subsequently, on January 8, the lawyer Hayk Alumyan filed a cassation appeal in connection with the decision of the Court of Appeal. Recall that in 2019, the Constitutional Court of Armenia appealed to the ECHR to provide an advisory opinion regarding compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia with Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia. It is under this article (Overthrow of the constitutional order) that Robert Kocharian was charged. The ECHR accepted the appeal of the Constitutional Court on October 2, and the Grand Chamber of the ECHR was formed on October 7. We add that in addition to Kocharyan, the status of the accused in the case also includes the former chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia, the former CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, the ex-Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan and the former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan.