Criminal case

During the criminal proceedings conducted at the Investigative Division of Erebuni and Nubarashen administrative districts, a charge had been brought against our law office’s client, D.A., represented by attorney Edgar Ayvazyan, for the illegal sale of narcotics (under Article 393, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia). A preventive measure of house arrest had been applied to him.

In October 2025, a foreign citizen, Y.C., applied to our law office to represent his interests in a criminal case that had been investigated by the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia and submitted to the court with an indictment.

On September 30, 2025, the Criminal Court of First Instance of Yerevan, presided over by Judge Arman Hovhannisyan, considered the motion submitted by our office’s attorney, Edgar Ayvazyan, to replace the sentence of 1 year and 6 months of imprisonment imposed on convict A.M. with community service, and granted it.

In another criminal proceeding, the investigative body conducted a search at the place of business of a legal entity and, at the end of the search, sealed the premises, effectively prohibiting its operation.

In recent practice, instances have frequently been recorded where, in the context of criminal proceedings initiated particularly in relation to economic crimes, investigators have conducted searches after which the doors of business premises, such as shops or pharmacies, have been sealed and closed for an indefinite period of time, thereby de facto suspending the activities of the economic operator.

A citizen of the Dominican Republic, Y.K., accused of attempting to illegally cross the state border of the Republic of Armenia and of using a false document, had been placed under a two-month detention by the decision of the Criminal Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan on 18.08.2025.