The preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated against 6 defendants for committing battery, deliberately causing bodily harm to V. Avetyan’s, A. Bayadyan’s, G. Soghomonyan’s, E. Nikoyan’s and A. Aghajanyan’s health in the "Harsnaqar" restaurant complex which caused the death of one of the victims, was completed in the General Division of the Police adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
Victims often don't even file cases, or drop them later because legal process is so traumatic.
Substantial arms purchases mostly made in other ex-Soviet states.
Abkhazian president Alexander Ankvab has come out firmly against a plan to build a second land route to key ally and neighbour Russia, even though others argue the highway would open up new economic horizons.
Yuli Edelstein, the Israeli Minister of Information & Diaspora, arrives in Yerevan today for a three day working visit.
From the positions of the Artsakh Defense Army, the monitoring was headed by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzey Kaspzyk (Poland). The monitoring group included Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman- in-Office Irjie Aberle (Czech Republic) and William Prior (Great Britain).