The Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office has rejected a motion to release Sisian volunteer unit commander Ashot Minasyan on bail.

Minasyan was arrested in Yerevan on December 1 of this year and charged with conspiring to assassinate Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and seize state power.

In November 2020Armenian law enforcement agencies announced they had uncovered a plot to kill Pashinyan.

Following Armenia’s defeat in the 2020 Artsakh war, Minasyan accused Pashinyan of being “arrogant and an inept leader.”

"The failed commander-in-chief appointed people who were not able to run their relevant jurisdictions, starting from the military, economic and political spheres,” Minasyan said at a December 4, 2020 press conference.

Minasyan is also charged with illegal arms procurement.