The Yerevan Kentron and Nork-Marash District Court today heard the slander suit brought by Benik Harutyunyan against the newspaper Zoghovurd.

But the trial didn’t last for long given that the plaintiff had never received notification that the suit had been accepted.

Harutyunyan is demanding 2.2 million AMD in compensatory damages from the paper.

It seems that the notice was sent to an address in Hrazdan, as noted in application form. Harutyunyan actually resides in Yerevan.

Judge Apinyan rescheduled the trial till November 29.

Harutyunyan is director of the Physical Health Defense Center in Armenia, an advisor to the Minister of Defense and a close friend of President Serzh Sargsyan.