Interfax, Russia
Jan 29 2009
Georgian court authorizes two-month arrest of suspected spies
TBILISI Jan 29
The Tbilisi City Court has authorized a two-month custody pending
trial for Grigory Minasian and Sergei Akopjanian, residents of the
Akhaltsikhe town seized on January 22 on charges of espionage.
The Georgian Interior Ministry’s constitutional security department is
investigating the case, the media said.
The men are also suspected of an attempt to organize an illegal armed
unit in the Samtskhe-Javakheti area.
Minasian is the head of the Armenian youth center in Akhaltsikhe,
while Akopjanian leads the Charles Aznavour Charity Organization.
Parents of the acclaimed French singer were born in Akhaltsikhe.