Russia’s Supreme Court sends case against former senator back for
corrections

NTV, Moscow
10 Aug 07

The case against the former senator for Kalmykia accused of embezzling
1.5m dollars, Levon Chakhmakhchyan, has been returned to the
Prosecutor-General’s Office so that errors in the accusatory
conclusions can be put right. This decision was made today by the
Supreme Court at the request of Chakhmakhchyan’s lawyer.

Chakhmakhchyan was arrested in February this year. He is accused of
using his position of authority to make an offer to the management of
[the airline] Transaero, saying he would remove documents relating to
the airline’s tax and customs violations from an Audit Chamber report
in exchange for a 1.5m-dollar-bribe.

The former senator’s son-in-law and aide to an auditor at the Audit
Chamber [Armen Oganesyan] also figures in the case, along with the
Russian-Armenian [business] cooperation association’s chief accountant
[Igor Arushanov].