Armen Charchyan`s probation reduced to one year 

ArmInfo.  The three-year  probationary period of the director of the Izmirlyan Medical Center, former MP from the opposition Thrace Armen Charchyan has  been reduced to 1 year, reported lawyer Erik Aleksanyan. 

On February 5, 2024, the Yerevan Criminal Court of General  Jurisdiction, chaired by Judge Vahe Misakyan, found Armen Charchyan  guilty of the incriminated act and sentenced him to four years in  prison. However, taking into account the length of Charchyan's stay  in custody, the final punishment was assigned: imprisonment for a  term of 3 years, 7 months and 13 days. At the same time, the court  decided not to apply a suspended sentence to Charchyan, setting a  probationary period of 3 years. Meanwhile, back in October 2023, the  prosecutor in the case demanded that he be sentenced to 5 years in  prison. In this regard, the prosecutor's office filed a similar  motion with the Court of Appeal, but the court rejected it, while  partially satisfying the defense's motion to reduce the probationary  period.

, Aleksanyan noted.

The famous doctor Armen Charchyan is accused of bribing voters and  forcing employees of the Izmirlyan Medical Center to participate in  the voting in the snap elections to the National Assembly on June 20,  2021.  A month after being released on bail, he was arrested for the  second time, after which in December 2021 he was released on bail.  Last fall, Charchyan resigned from his mandate and again headed the  medical center.