Armenian opposition figure Manukyan placed under house arrest Over state secrets leak to Russia

Armenian opposition figure Aregnaz Manukyan has been released from detention and placed under house arrest, according to foreign media.

Manukyan, a representative of the Mother Armenia party, had been held for nearly two and a half months. She is accused of disclosing information containing state secrets.

The development comes after it was reported on September 8 that the detention of Mother Armenia chairman Andranik Tevanyan had been extended by three months.

According to the charges, Tevanyan allegedly passed classified information from a closed session of Armenia’s National Assembly to a Russian centre through MP Aregnaz Manukyan in 2024.

By Aghakazim Guliyev