The Anti-Corruption Court in Armenia refused to release ex-minister of defense David Tonoyan from arrest, his lawyer Sergei Ovannisyan said. The court left a preventive measure against Tonoyan unchanged.
According to the lawyer, the defense filed a request for the liberation of the former head of the Ministry of Defense on bail. Tonoyan proposed laying the apartment received from the state during the period of stay at the ministerial post. Real estate was estimated at 35 million drams (about 85 thousand dollars).
The court motivated the refusal to release the ex-minister by the fact that Tonoyan could put pressure on witnesses.
Tonoyan is accused of abuses in the supply of ammunition. In this case, the former chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, the former deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Stepan Galstyan, ex-head of the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Defense Avetik Muradyan, the head of the aviation technical property of the Ministry of Defense, Artem Ambaryan, chief engineer of the Aviation Department Vladimir Babaan and participating, and participating, also participate in this case. In weapons transactions, businessman David Balstyan.
The investigation accuses them of involvement in the purchase of unsuitable aviation missiles and assigning $ 4.6 million. The accused do not admit their guilt.