The Yerevan court of general jurisdiction, headed by Judge Lilit Sargsyan, has accepted the lawsuit of Armenian National Security Service ex-head Artur Vanetsyan against the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and his spokesperson Mane Gevorgyan, Datalex reported.

Vanetsyan demands that the court obliges the PM and his spokesperson to publicly refute actual information deemed to be slander, delete the information, post the text of refutation, as well as compensate the damage caused to honor and dignity.

Mane Gevorgyan had earlier posted the following on her Facebook page:

“Former director of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan obtained Minasyan’s share in the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine through, for instance, prima facie abuse of official powers and, once again, with the help of fake shareholders, and the company belonging to Vanetsyan’s father has also become the large transporter of cargo to the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine.