On charge of extortion
At 16:30 on August 25 officers of Bagratashen police division detained Russian citizen Artyom G., DOB 1983, at Bagratashen checkpoint of the RA NSS border troops. The detainee had been wanted by law enforcers of Ufa, Bashkir Republic, charged under article 163, section 1 of the Russian criminal code since June 30, 2010.
Note: Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a manner prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia and found guilty by a court decision that has entered into legal force.