Former Armenian National Security Service Director Artur Vanetsyan, right, talk to the media as he arrives to support Gagik Tsarukyan, oligarch and the leader of the Prosperous Armenia opposition party, at a court, where the request for arrest of Tsarukyan is considered, in Yerevan, Armenia. Tsarukyan is suspected of running an illegal gambling business that has deprived the state coffers of some 60 million dollars and of "vote buying" during 2017 parliamentary elections, according to Armenia's national security service. The day before the Armenian parliament voted to strip Tsarukyan of his immunity as a lawmaker and to allow his arrest.
- Categories: Politics, Crime, Law & Justice
- Location: Yerevan, Armenia
- Event date: 17.06.2020
- Date published: 17.06.2020
- Author: Andranik Ghazaryan
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1620x1080px, 251.8Kb
- Job-ID: 69a62d11782d6d76