ArmInfo.The court chaired by Tatevik Grigoryan rejected the lawyers' petition to change the preventive measure against former MP from the Republican Party of Armenia Levon Sargsyan, known by the nickname "Alraghatsi Lyovik".
The defense has previously submitted a petition to release Sargsyan on bail. Moreover, the lawyers also suggested that the court set the amount of the bail itself.
As the NSS previously reported, Sargsyan ordered the robbery on the house of former head of the state customs committee Armen Avetisyan in October 2008. According to the results of searches carried out in 2018 in the mansion and apartment of Sargsyan, weapons and ammunition were found.
Since October 1, 2018, he has been in wanted list in connection with charges under paragraphs 1-2 of Part 3 of Article 175 of the RA Criminal Code and Part 2 of Article 223 of the RA Criminal Code. Sargsyan was found and detained on November 21 last year in Zelenograd (Moscow region, Russia). It should be noted that Levon Sargsyan, an entrepreneur and owner of a flour mill, was a member of the Armenian parliament in 1999-2007.