VOLODYA AVETISYAN SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS IN PRISON (VIDEO)
18:49 | July 17,2014 | Politics
A Yerevan court has sentenced retired army colonel Volodya Avetisyan
to six years in prison.
The Court of General Jurisdiction of Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun
Administrative districts also ruled that Volodya Avetisyan must pay
$2000 [in confiscation] to the state budget.
In his final speech made on July 17, Volodya Avetisyan, a retired
colonel and a Karabakh War veteran, refused to plead guilty.
Avetisyan was detained on September 20, 2013. The Karabakh war veteran
is said to have received $2000 from an official of the Ministry of of
Armenia under pretence of helping to exempt a relative of an Armenian
citizen from compulsory military service.
The public prosecutor earlier asked to sentence Avetisyan to 6.5
years of imprisonment.
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