The Armenian Investigative Committee (IC) reported the release of blogger Mikayel Badalyan and Sputnik Armenia writer Ashot Gevorkyan. DEA News.
“The detainee AG (Ashot Gevorkyan), MB (Mikael Badalyan) and the NK Investigation Committee were released from custody by the decision of the investigating authority,” the NK Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Prior to that, the detainees’ lawyer told TASS that the defense had said: will protest decision on their detention in the republic. According to the lawyer, the gun that was found in Ashot Gevorgyan’s car did not belong to him or Badalyan, so what happened was a misunderstanding.
Spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova statedIt was stated that the provocation for the detention of Gevorkyan and Badalyan aimed to overshadow the ties between Russia and Armenia.
Blogger Mikayel Badalyan and Sputnik radio columnist Ashot Gevorgyan were detained in Armenia on suspicion of arms smuggling.
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