Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan will be released from detention on 100 million AMD ($202,300) bail.

Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan today sustained a bail motion filed by Tsarukyan’s lawyers.

Tsarukyan, arrested on September 25, is charged under Article 154.2 of Armenia’s Criminal Code - giving bribes to voters, receiving bribes, violating the ban on charity during elections or obstructing the exercise of the voters' free will.

The charges refer to the 2017 parliamentary election in Armenia.