The court demanded clarification of the charges in the Galstanyan case.

The defense demanded that the charges brought against members of the "Sacred Struggle" movement in the case of the seizure of power be personalized, a position the court upheld. Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan pointed out the lack of expert examinations in the case and called the charges unsubstantiated.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," in November 2025, a Yerevan court extended for another three months the arrest of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, accused of plotting to seize state power.

A hearing in the Sacred Struggle case was held today. The court is examining the evidence. Lawyer Migran Poghosyan recalled the legal requirement that specific indictments against a specific defendant must be presented, not "all in a jumble," and demanded that a document examination procedure be adopted, especially given the large amount of operational materials in the case. Other lawyers supported Poghosyan's position. Incidentally, it also emerged that there was no expert analysis of the voice recordings of the conversations that became the "pivot" of the indictment, News.Am reports.

The prosecution disagreed with the defense's position, citing the fact that the defendants "acted as part of a group." "Let's say they were indeed planning a terrorist attack. How can we understand who did what? The law explicitly requires evidence to be presented to everyone." "In the current situation, the lawyer is deprived of the opportunity to conduct the defense," Arman Israelyan's lawyer recalled, adding that only one of several dozen witnesses mentioned his client's name.

As one of the lawyers noted, the result would be that the court's verdict would be uniform. A collective verdict, so to speak. The judge responded that this was the lawyer's personal opinion and that he should not express it in place of the court.

The prosecutor began presenting evidence. As the first piece of evidence, the prosecutor announced a TikTok video of a visit to Galstanyan's apartment. The state prosecutor also reported that prohibited dangerous items were found during searches of the defendants' apartments. Those present were unaware of what was found, as the judge did not allow the defense to ask clarifying questions.

The judge ruled that the prosecution must specifically state the charges, citing the volume and page of the case file. And unless substantiated, there will be no verdict on that part. He also noted that the lack of expert examinations is not being addressed at this stage. "People have been separated from their families for six months – why? And there's no evidence," Galstanyan noted. He said the video about the visit to his home is laughable, as so many people came to his home. "The head of the Investigative Committee accused me of handwriting a terrorist attack plan, despite the fact that there was no expert analysis and no evidence," Galstanyan recalled, claiming that the evidence in the case was falsified.

The next hearing will take place on January 15 at 3:00 PM.

In 2024, Bagrat Galstanyan led the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement (later renamed "Sacred Struggle"), whose members protested the transfer of border territories to Azerbaijan. More details on the case of Galstanyan and other political opponents of the current government are available in the "Caucasian Knot" report "The Main Thing About Political Arrests in Armenia in the Summer of 2025".