The son of ex-President Kocharyan, Sedrak, was brought to the Anti-Corruption Committee

The son of the second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, Sedrak Kocharyan, was also taken to the Anti-Corruption Committee of the republic. This was announced on August 25 by the TV channel 24News.am .

"Robert Kocharyan and his son Sedrak Kocharyan have been arrested. The Anti—Corruption Committee has confirmed this information," the TV channel said in a statement.

The Anti-Corruption Committee declined to comment on Sedrak Kocharyan's arrest, citing massive checks on corruption-related cases.

"Everyone will be sitting": why the Armenian authorities have increased pressure on the opposition

Key political opponents of Pashinyan have become defendants in criminal cases.

On the same day, masked security forces entered the house of the deputy of the opposition parliamentary faction "Armenia", the son of the second president of the republic Robert Kocharyan Levon Kocharyan. Mesrop Mankyan, a member of Kocharyan's party, said that the decision to detain the politicians was made directly "from the rostrum of parliament."

Later, it became known about the detention of Robert Kocharyan himself. The office of the ex-president announced the beginning of pressure on Kocharyan's family, and also reported that the tax service had sealed the Toyota car dealership belonging to the politician's family. In addition, the investigators came to the Orange Fitness sports complex.