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Former Armenian foreign minister sentenced to two month in custody
Arminfo, Yerevan
10 May 07
A court in Armenia has sentenced former foreign minister Aleksandr
Arzumanyan to two months in prison, the Armenian news agency Arminfo
has reported. Arzumanyan was charged with money laundering in a
criminal case brought by the National Security Ministry.
The National Security Ministry says that during an investigation, they
discovered that the leader of the Civil Disobedience Movement,
Aleksandr Arzumanyan, and the former deputy defence minister, Vaan
Shirhanyan, had agreed with a Russian citizen to deliver and legalize
money of dubious origin from Moscow.
Arminfo, Yerevan
10 May 07
A court in Armenia has sentenced former foreign minister Aleksandr
Arzumanyan to two months in prison, the Armenian news agency Arminfo
has reported. Arzumanyan was charged with money laundering in a
criminal case brought by the National Security Ministry.
The National Security Ministry says that during an investigation, they
discovered that the leader of the Civil Disobedience Movement,
Aleksandr Arzumanyan, and the former deputy defence minister, Vaan
Shirhanyan, had agreed with a Russian citizen to deliver and legalize
money of dubious origin from Moscow.