670 Million Drams to Be Recovered from Kocharyan and Others for Compensation Paid to March 1 Victims' Relatives

The Prosecutor General’s Office filed a lawsuit on August 11, 2025, in the Anti-Corruption Court, seeking to recover 670 million drams from Armenia's second President Robert Kocharyan, former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan, former Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan, and former Chief of the General Staff Yuri Khachaturov. This amount was paid to victims of the events that occurred in Yerevan on March 1-2, 2008, as compensation from the state budget.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, on the early morning of March 1, 2008, following a nine-day protest, police actions were carried out in Liberty Square, clearing the square of all demonstrators and sealing it off. The clashes between demonstrators and police forces resulted in the deaths of 10 individuals.

The aforementioned officials are also accused of subverting the constitutional order in 2008.