Armenia has asked Russia to extradite Gevorg Kostanyan.

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The Armenian Prosecutor General's Office has asked its Russian counterparts to extradite former Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, on December 4, 2019, the Yerevan Court granted the investigation's motion and arrested in absentia former Armenian Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan, who was charged in the 2008 dispersal of protesters. In 2021, Interpol refused to cooperate with the Armenian police in the Kostanyan case, considering his prosecution to be politically motivated.

The Armenian Prosecutor General's Office has filed a petition with the Russian Prosecutor General's Office to extradite former Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan and hand him over to the competent authorities for criminal prosecution, Novosti-Armenia reported on December 10.

Armenia Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan announced in the National Assembly in November that her office plans to request Russia's extradition. Kostanyan in the March 1 case. In addition, an extradition request was announced for the former head of the investigative team in the same case, Vahagn Harutyunyan.

Kostanyan received Russian citizenship and has been registered in Moscow since January 2022, Hetq reports.

On March 1-2, 2008, clashes occurred in central Yerevan between security forces and opposition members who disagreed with Serzh Sargsyan's victory in the presidential election. Over the course of two days, 10 people were killed and more than 250 were injured in the clashes. The "Caucasian Knot" has published a report titled "The Riot in Armenia: 10 Years Later," dedicated to the events of March 1-2 in Yerevan.