A court has extended the pretrial detention of Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan by another three months, granting a motion filed by the prosecution.
Presiding Judge Samvel Shahverdyan approved the request submitted by public prosecutor Liana Markosyan, Sputnik Armenia reports.
Tsarukyan’s defense lawyers had requested his immediate release or the application of alternative preventive measures, including bail.
Earlier, Armenia’s Investigative Committee reported that a group of individuals allegedly organized by Tsarukyan had been involved in large-scale fraud and money laundering between 2022 and 2024.
The allegations remain subject to criminal proceedings.
