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Armenian authorities on Friday arrested former president Robert Kocharian for "overthrowing the constitutional order" by faking the 2008 presidential election in favor of one of his allies [19659002] A Kocharian lawyer, Aram Urbillian, said that a Yerevan court had accepted Kucharian was sentenced to 15 years in prison in the case of a 2008 election fraud in favor of his ally Serge Sarkissian's policy. .
Ter Petrosian's supporters staged protests that provoked violent clashes with the riot police during which police and eight protesters were killed.
As part of these protests, Prime Minister Nicole Pachinien, who was in favor of Petrosian in 2009 for staging protests and sentenced to seven years in prison before being released under a court order. amnesty in 2011.
Den Kucharian condemned these charges as "false and politically motivated". "I'm going to jail and I will fight until the end," he told Yarkir Media. "I'm sure I will win in the end because the criminal charge is completely fabricated."
His ally Serge Sarkisian, who won the presidential election of 2008, led the country in the Caucasus until April before being forced to resign
Pachinian, who led the demonstrations, became prime minister in May and launched a campaign against corruption.
Kotcharian was the second president of Armenia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. His tenure was the most violent terrorist attack in post-Soviet history when gunmen attacked Parliament in 1999.
Opposition parties accuse Kocharyan of orchestrating the Attack including two of its opponents, Prime Minister Vazkin Sarkisian and Parliament Speaker Karen Dimrchian. ]
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