As it was already informed, within the framework of the criminal proceeding investigated in General Department for Investigation of Crimes against the State, Fundamentals of the Constitutional Order and Public Security of the RA Investigative Committee, apparent factual data were obtained on the allegation that A.Ch., acting as the coordinator of the "Hayakve" association, with the aim of obstructing the free exercise of the electoral rights of persons eligible to vote in the parliamentary elections held in the Republic of Armenia on June 7, 2026, in May 2026 met with officials of another state who were in Armenia, in one of the cafes in Yerevan. During these meetings, by persuading them and inducing their interest in ensuring the victory of a political force preferred by them in the aforementioned elections, he incited them to act as part of a group, with prior agreement, to use their official powers, governmental authority, and the influence arising from those powers to obstruct the free exercise of the electoral rights of Armenian citizens eligible to vote in the parliamentary elections held in the Republic of Armenia on June 7, 2026. Specifically, through the owners of business entities operating in that state, they were to compel Armenian citizens employed by those organizations and possessing voting rights to travel to the Republic of Armenia and vote in favor of the "Strong Armenia" alliance during the parliamentary elections held on June 7, 2026, to which the representatives of a foreign state gave their consent.

As a result of investigative and procedural actions the person having committed the alleged crime was identified and by the supervising prosecutor’s decision public criminal prosecution was initiated against A.Ch. according to the Points 5 and 6 of the Part 2 of the Article 43-210 of RA Criminal Code. 

Detention was applied as a pretrial measure against A.Ch..

The criminal proceeding with respect to him with the bill of indictment was referred to the supervising prosecutor.