ArmInfo.The health of elected mayor of Vanadzor, Mamikon Aslanyan, has deteriorated sharply. Arsen Babayan, a member of the opposition Homeland party of Armenia, wrote  about this in his telegram channel.

<I have just received a message that the political prisoner Mamikon  Aslanyan, who is being held in the Vardashen penitentiary facility,  has been transferred from the penitentiary to a civilian hospital.  His state of health has deteriorated sharply>, the oppositionist  wrote.

Mamikon Aslanyan was arrested in December 2021. He is accused of  exceeding official powers, forgery for personal reasons and  committing a number of other socially dangerous crimes. In  particular, he is charged with abuses in real estate transactions  during his tenure as head of the community. Aslanyan himself and his  supporters consider the criminal prosecution to be politically  motivated. Last December, the politician won the local  self-government elections in Vanadzor, but some time later he was  arrested on the above-mentioned charges.