ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
May 6 2007

Searches held in apartments of 2 oppositionists in Armenia

06.05.2007, 03.55

YEREVAN, May 6 (Itar-Tass) – Armenia’s National Security Service has
held many-hours-long searches in the offices and apartments of two
major oppositionists – former deputy prime minister Vagan Shirkhanian
and former foreign minister Alexander Arzumanian.

Both men are cofounders of the Civic Disobedience movement and they
abstain from the parliamentary election scheduled for May 12.

Armenia’s law enforcement agencies did not make any comments on the
situation by the time of reporting.