Armenia Citizens Accused of Providing Information on Karabakh=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=s Army Charged with Treason

The trial in a case of state treason in which six citizens of the Republic of Armenia are charged resumed in a Yerevan administrative court on Monday. Two of the accused, twin brothers Artur and Davit Avetikyan, are charged with knowing about a serious crime (treason) and not reporting it to law enforcement officials.

Note, the key accused in the case is Karen Mehrabyan, who is accused of state treason directly. According to the prosecution, in 2011, Mehrabyan departed for Turkey where he promised information on Armenia’s and Nagorno-Karabakh’s armies to spies by the name of Tigran and Said in exchange for money. Upon returning to Armenia on Jul. 23, 2011, he was arrested at the Georgian border.  Read more... (459 words)

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