ArmInfo.A citizen who threatened MP Nikolai Baghdasaryan with violence was detained.
According to the RA Prosecutor General's Office, during the investigation of the incident it turned out that a member of the "Kamq" Public Initiative for the Protection of Armenian Values, Arthur Aleksanyan, together with other members of the initiative, held an action against ratification of the CE Convention on the Protection of Children from Sexual Violence, during which, meeting with RA NA MP Nikolay Baghdasaryan, demanded that the latter vote against ratification of the Convention. After the end of the parliamentary meeting, Arthur Aleksanyan on the Baghramyan Avenue in Yerevan pursued the MP Nikolay Baghdasaryan, and finding out that he had voted for the ratification of the Convention, he voiced curses of a sexual nature and threatened with reprisal.
On the fact of the threat of violence against the representative of the authorities in connection with the performance of his official duties, a criminal case has been initiated in accordance with Part 1 of Article 316 of the RA Criminal Code. At the direction of the Prosecutor Arthur Aleksanyan was detained.