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The Armenian Colonel General Yuri Khachaturov, the Secretary General of the Organization of the Collective Security Treaty, the preventive measure in the form of a deposit of 5 million drams is not an obstacle to his departure from the country. According to Radio Azatutyun, this was stated in the special investigative service of Armenia.

The persecution of Khachaturov, who was accused of usurpation of state power for participating in the acceleration of protests on March 1-2, 2008, caused an extremely painful reaction in Moscow. On Thursday morning, Kommersant transmitted a statement of a Kremlin source, which stated that "an attempt to denigrate Khachaturov and the entire organization (CSTO - ed.) Inspired by non -regional players ."

According to the established schedule, Armenia must preside in the CSTO until 2020. The Armenian Foreign Ministry reported that a request was sent to the organization’s secretariat to replace Khachaturov by another representative of the country. However, Moscow warned that when approving the candidacy of the new head of the organization "There will be no automatism." In the case of the recall of Khachaturov, the issue of the appointment of the Secretary General should be resolved in November at a meeting of the heads of state included in the block. If the candidate, proposed by Armenia, will not be approved, then the chairmanship of the CSTO will go in the order of alphabetical rotation to Belarus.

Kommersant also reported that the conflict between Moscow and Yerevan calls into question the already agreed supplies of Armenia of Russian weapons for a total of $ 100 million.

Khachaturov arrived in Yerevan from Moscow for interrogation in the status of a witness in the case. However, on July 27, the next day after the interrogation, he was charged under Part 1 of Article 300 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (usurpation of state power), which provides for 10 to 15 years in the colony. The special investigative service insisted on the arrest of a security forces, but the court appointed him a bail.

In a case, known in Armenia as "Martha Case", two more defendants. Robert Kocharyan, president of the country in 1998-2008, unlike Khachaturov, was sent to the pre-trial detention center . Meanwhile, the former Minister of Defense of Armenia Michael Harutyunyan disappeared and put on the wanted list.

In 2008, the successor to the second term of Kocharyan - Serge Sargsyan was declared the winner of the presidential election in Armenia. Supporters of the opposition candidate-the first president of the country Levon Ter-Petrosyan-on March 1-2, 2008, staged protests in Yerevan. The police dispersed the shares; 10 people died, hundreds were injured .

A number of protests, including the current Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, who came to power in May as a result of a velvet revolution, received real terms. In particular, Pashinyan was given seven years of colony; In fact, he left for less than two years, after which he was released under an amnesty.

Khachaturov during the shares of March 2008, he commanded the Yerevan garrison. Already a month and a half after the suppression of protests, the security forces were appointed chief of staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia - the first deputy head of the Ministry of Defense. Khachaturov held these positions until October 2016.

The Secretary General of the CSTO Silovik became in May last year.