ArmInfo.In the court of general jurisdiction of the Kentron and Nork Marash communities in Yerevan today, the session of the armed group was continued under the chairmanship of Judge Armen Bektashyan.
Prosecutor Armen Aramyan read out the indictments of 20 members of the group. According to these conclusions, former Deputy Defense Minister Vahan Shirkhanyan, having met Arthur Vardanyan, the head of the group, who came to Armenia from Spain, advised him to refrain from attacks on state institutions and to consider the achievement of regime change through the assassination of President Serzh Sargsyan.
In addition, Vahan Shirkhanyan promised to provide support to the army in these processes or ensure at least its neutrality, as he was personally acquainted with the then Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan. They also discussed the possibility of an explosion of the president's personal board during his regular foreign trip. The group also considered the possibility of striking at the presidential residence, the buildings of the National Assembly, the Constitutional Court, the Government, as well as the Public Television of Armenia.
According to the indictment leader of the group Arthur Vardanyan, in April 2015 created a criminal group of RA citizens, members of the organized group illegally acquired, stored and transported a large number of weapons, ammunition, explosives and explosive devices, pursuing the goal of a coup in Armenia. However, this intention was not carried out under circumstances independent of Vardanyan's will, since on December 25, 2015 the members of the group were exposed and rendered harmless.
Another member of the group, Anton Totonjyan, met in April 2015 with Arthur Vardanyan, who arrived from Spain, and financed the criminal group that Vardanyan founded. The trial was postponed due to poor health of Anton. The next meeting on this case will be held on July 28 at 11:00.