Arshak Jerjeryan, Deputy Director of the Republican Institute of Reproductive Perinatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, who has been charged with illegally adopting children by foreigners, was released on AMD 5 million bail ($10,400) today.

Jerjeryan and his boss Razmik Abrahamyan were arrested on December 18 and later charged in the adoption scandal.

On December 22, a Yerevan court decided to release Abrahamyan from pre-trial detention.

Another defendant in the case, Yerevan Children’s Home Director Liana Karapetyan will be released from detention on 3 million drams ($6,300) bail.