18 February 2017, 14:42

Son and nephew of "Unity" leader detained in Armenia

A son and a nephew of Vardan Oskanyan, the former Foreign Minister of Armenia, have kidnapped a man and threatened to kill him, investigators assert.

According to law enforcers, Ara Oskanyan and his cousin Seradaryan, while demanding from the victim to repay the debt of 1.5 million drams, put him into a car and brought to the city of Abovyan, threatening to kill him.

Ara Oskanyan and Seradaryan were detained on February 17. A criminal case was opened against them under Article 133 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (illegal deprivation of one’s liberty), the Investigating Committee of Armenia has stated.

The detainees refused to testify, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports referring to investigators.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Vardan Oskanyan became one of the leaders of the "Oganyan-Raffi-Oskanyan" bloc, created for the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 2.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Author: Armine Martirosyan Source: CK correspondent

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

May 15, 2024 23:24

May 15, 2024 22:13

May 15, 2024 21:13

  • Rights defenders link kidnappings with car arson in Grozny

    In Grozny, an unknown person has set fire to a car with a DUSTUM license plate and the inscription K13 on the door. A resident of the Chechen capital was detained on suspicion of committing the arson; he surrendered himself after the kidnapping of his family, the Chechen oppositional Telegram channel has reported.

May 15, 2024 18:58

May 15, 2024 17:37

  • Activist from KBR tries to sue FSB

    Olga Begretova, a female activist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), who was subjected to forced fingerprinting by border guards, has demanded to treat the refusal of the republic's branch of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) to provide the information collected about as illegal and to oblige the branch to eliminate the violations.

News archive