Naira Badalian. The accusation brought against the former head of the Robert Kocharyan's administration, Armen Gevorgyan, was not based on the publication of WikiLeaks, Sasun Khachatryan, Head of the Special Investigation Service (SIS) of Armenia, told journalists on August 9. As Khachatryan indicated, the accusation to someone cannot be brought on the basis of publications in Wikileaks. "The basis is a sufficient comparison of the evidence of the crime committed by him," he explained. Evidence for these, he said, is specified in the Code of Criminal Procedure. Any other factual evidence beyond the scope of the Code of Criminal Procedure cannot be considered as the basis of the charge. At the same time, Sasun Khachatryan did not disclose details and did not present the evidence.

To recall, on August 4 Sasun Khachatryan announced on the Public Television Channel of Armenia that the former deputy prime ministerand ex-secretary of the National Security Council of Armenia, Armen Gevorgyan, was charged with pressuring a member of the Constitutional Court. As mass media reported Wikileaks materials were used to initiate a criminal case against him. According to Wikileaks information Constitutional court member Valery Poghosyan complained to the American diplomats that Armen Gevorgyan, who at that time held the post of the head of the presidential administration, exerted pressure on him so that he did not participate in the court session on discussing opposition's petition to review the results of the presidential elections. Under the charge Gevorgyan may be sentenced to 6 years. He was released under written undertaking not to leave the place.

After the presidential elections on February 19, 2008, a series of protests took place in Armenia, the participants of which expressed disagreement with their official results, according to which Serzh Sargsyan won elections. Street actions were organized by supporters of the first president of Armenia, Levon Ter- Petrosyan, who then also claimed a top position. During the clashes between the protesters and law enforcement agencies, eight demonstrators and two police officers were killed, 33 police officers were hospitalized. Around 230 people turned to the doctors for help.