Armenia Detains Ex-President Kocharyan in Corruption Probe

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Armenian authorities detained former President Robert Kocharyan and his son Sedrak on Tuesday as part of a corruption investigation into the alleged acquisition of state property at below-market prices.

The country’s Anti-Corruption Committee said six people had been detained and alleged that the former president and people close to him used his official position to remove valuable assets from the state, acquire them at significantly reduced prices and subsequently conceal their ownership through affiliated companies. Kocharyan’s office called the operation another “attack by…

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Primary source: OCCRP · August 25, 2026

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