ArmInfo.Former commander of the Artsakh Defense Army Mikayel Arzumanyan has been released from custody.

His lawyer Yerem Sargsyan told journalists about this on August 31.

According to him, the term of detention of the former commander,  chief adviser to the President of Artsakh, Mikayel Arzumanyan, has  expired, and he has been released from custody. The lawyer added that  the prosecution filed a motion to apply arrest as a measure of  restraint, which will be considered later.

Sargsyan emphasized that Arzumanyan does not accept the accusations  against him.

Yesterday, the law enforcement agencies of Armenia detained  Arzumanyan when he was heading from Artsakh to Armenia. The RA  Investigative Committee accuses the former commander of official  negligence during the defense of the city of Shushi in the fall of  2020. Lieutenant General Arzumanyan was appointed commander of the  Defense Army in October 2020 and was relieved of his post in  September 2021.