Former Karabakh Army Chief Moved to House Arrest
By Naira Bulghadarian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — A former commander of Nagorno-Karabakh’s army, Lieutenant-General Mikael Arzumanyan, has been moved to house arrest after being held in an Armenian prison for more than three years.
Arzumanyan was arrested in August 2022 on charges stemming from the 2020 war with Azerbaijan. Armenia’s Investigative Committee initially indicted him over the capture by Azerbaijani forces of the Karabakh town of Shushi in early November 2020, claiming he displayed negligence by failing to deploy more troops around Shushi beforehand.
The law-enforcement agency also accused Arzumanyan of ordering Karabakh Armenian forces to withdraw from “strategically important” positions retaken by them days after the war broke out on September 27, 2020, stating that the order was illegal and unjustified.
No comment from Arzumanyan is available.
Author's Resume: Former Karabakh army chief under house arrest.