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ARMENIAN COURT SENTENCES 5 TO PRISON TERMS IN SPY CASE, ONE MORE FINED
Interfax
April 9 2012
Russia
An Armenian court has found three Armenian citizens guilty of
high treason and sentenced them to long prison terms, the Armenian
Prosecutor General's Office told Interfax on Friday.
The court of the Yerevan administrative districts of Center and
Nork-Marash agreed with the investigation's findings and sentenced
Karen Megrabian to 15 and Romik Matevosian and Ashot Chtrkian to 10
years in prison each.
Another two defendants, Karen Petrosian and Artur Avetikian, have
been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months each, and the sixth defendant,
David Avetikian, fined 500,000 drams (about $1,300)
The Prosecutor General's Office said that, based on proofs obtained
during the preliminary investigation, Megrabian, Matevosian and
Chtrkian, while being in Turkey, received a proposal on cooperation
for reward from Azeri special services.
"They were instructed to gather information on the Armenian and
Nagorno-Karabakh armed forces, their commanding staff, units and the
number of vehicles. Petrosian, Artur Avetikian and David Avetikian
knew that Megrabian committed himself to passing this information to
Azeri intelligence services for money but did not report this to law
enforcement bodies," it said.
Hence, Megrabian, Matevosian, and Chtrkian were charged with high
treason and Petrosian and the brothers Avetikian with failure to
report a crime.
Interfax
April 9 2012
Russia
An Armenian court has found three Armenian citizens guilty of
high treason and sentenced them to long prison terms, the Armenian
Prosecutor General's Office told Interfax on Friday.
The court of the Yerevan administrative districts of Center and
Nork-Marash agreed with the investigation's findings and sentenced
Karen Megrabian to 15 and Romik Matevosian and Ashot Chtrkian to 10
years in prison each.
Another two defendants, Karen Petrosian and Artur Avetikian, have
been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months each, and the sixth defendant,
David Avetikian, fined 500,000 drams (about $1,300)
The Prosecutor General's Office said that, based on proofs obtained
during the preliminary investigation, Megrabian, Matevosian and
Chtrkian, while being in Turkey, received a proposal on cooperation
for reward from Azeri special services.
"They were instructed to gather information on the Armenian and
Nagorno-Karabakh armed forces, their commanding staff, units and the
number of vehicles. Petrosian, Artur Avetikian and David Avetikian
knew that Megrabian committed himself to passing this information to
Azeri intelligence services for money but did not report this to law
enforcement bodies," it said.
Hence, Megrabian, Matevosian, and Chtrkian were charged with high
treason and Petrosian and the brothers Avetikian with failure to
report a crime.