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COURT TO HOLD SESSION IN HOSPITAL OVER CHAKHMAKHCHIAN ISSUE
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
December 8, 2006 Friday 08:19 AM EST
Russia's Supreme Court will hold a visiting session in a hospital on
Friday over the so-called issue of Chakhmakhchian, a former Federation
Council member who is receiving medical treatment.
"Due to the fact that Article 448 of the Criminal Procedural Code
forbids the court to consider such a presentation in the absence of the
person who has a certain status, the Supreme Court has decided to hold
a visiting session in the hospital which is treating Chakhmakhchian,"
his lawyer Boris Kuznetsov said.
On Friday, the court may answer the question of whether there were
hallmarks of crime in actions by Federation Council senator from
Kalmykia Levon Chakhmakhchian.
"I lodged a complaint at the Constitutional Court over the
Chakhmakhchian case, and today, the Supreme Court may suspend the
proceedings until the Constitutional Court has considered this
complaint," Kuznetsov said.
Chakhmakhchian is now in hospital with increased pressure. He is in
satisfactory condition, according to the lawyer.
On June 6, the Prosecutor General's Office asked the Court to give
a qualification of Chakhmakhchian's actions which may be covered by
Part 4 of Article 159 of Russia's Criminal Code /fraud committed by
an organized group or grand fraud/.
Chief accountant of the Association of Russo-Armenian business
cooperation Igor Arushanov and assistant auditor of the Audit Chamber
Armen Oganesyan were detained in Moscow on June 2 on suspicion of
taking a large bribe.
According to investigators, they demanded 1.5 million dollars from
a businessman for taking out negative information from an audit report.
Levon Chakhmakhchian happened to be in their office when detectives
seized 300,000 of marked dollar bills.
However, as a FC member, he enjoyed immunity, so no procedures were
instituted against him. Arushanov and Oganesyan were arrested.
Chakhmakhchian was elected senator of the Federation Council from
Kalmykia in 2004. He occupied the post of Deputy Chairman of the
Committee for problems of local governments.
On June 23, 2006, the Kalmyk parliament, on a presentation by Speaker
of the Federation Council upper house of the Russian parliament Sergei
Mironov, voted for early termination of Chakhmakhchian's powers.
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
December 8, 2006 Friday 08:19 AM EST
Russia's Supreme Court will hold a visiting session in a hospital on
Friday over the so-called issue of Chakhmakhchian, a former Federation
Council member who is receiving medical treatment.
"Due to the fact that Article 448 of the Criminal Procedural Code
forbids the court to consider such a presentation in the absence of the
person who has a certain status, the Supreme Court has decided to hold
a visiting session in the hospital which is treating Chakhmakhchian,"
his lawyer Boris Kuznetsov said.
On Friday, the court may answer the question of whether there were
hallmarks of crime in actions by Federation Council senator from
Kalmykia Levon Chakhmakhchian.
"I lodged a complaint at the Constitutional Court over the
Chakhmakhchian case, and today, the Supreme Court may suspend the
proceedings until the Constitutional Court has considered this
complaint," Kuznetsov said.
Chakhmakhchian is now in hospital with increased pressure. He is in
satisfactory condition, according to the lawyer.
On June 6, the Prosecutor General's Office asked the Court to give
a qualification of Chakhmakhchian's actions which may be covered by
Part 4 of Article 159 of Russia's Criminal Code /fraud committed by
an organized group or grand fraud/.
Chief accountant of the Association of Russo-Armenian business
cooperation Igor Arushanov and assistant auditor of the Audit Chamber
Armen Oganesyan were detained in Moscow on June 2 on suspicion of
taking a large bribe.
According to investigators, they demanded 1.5 million dollars from
a businessman for taking out negative information from an audit report.
Levon Chakhmakhchian happened to be in their office when detectives
seized 300,000 of marked dollar bills.
However, as a FC member, he enjoyed immunity, so no procedures were
instituted against him. Arushanov and Oganesyan were arrested.
Chakhmakhchian was elected senator of the Federation Council from
Kalmykia in 2004. He occupied the post of Deputy Chairman of the
Committee for problems of local governments.
On June 23, 2006, the Kalmyk parliament, on a presentation by Speaker
of the Federation Council upper house of the Russian parliament Sergei
Mironov, voted for early termination of Chakhmakhchian's powers.