Vardan Ghukasyan's defense attorney Aramais Hayrapetyan stated that the mayor of Gyumri does not accept the accusation attributed to him.
"Most of the description refers to the months of December 2024, February 2025. At that time, Vardan Ghukasyan was not the head of the community. Only one of the 6-7 episodes deals with Ghukasyan's term of office", Hayrapetyan said in a conversation with journalists at the Anti-Corruption Committee.