Sargis Galstyan, accused of espionage, was sentenced to 18 years in prison. After the Azerbaijani ethnic cleansing carried out against the people of Artsakh in September last year, Sargis Galstyan and his wife, Margarita Shahramanian, made a decisive decision to stay in Stepanakert, occupied by Azerbaijan, to live in coexistence.
Moreover, the husbands called on the people of Artsakh to return. However, in April of this year, accompanied by the International Committee of the Red Cross, they were also transferred to Armenia and arrested by the National Security Service in Goris.
"I cannot say what the mission would be if a whole nation, so to speak, was put to the sword and had to leave its home. Now I am analyzing that in those days, when there was a widespread panic, everyone was trying to find fuel, to leave the day before, Sargis was quite calm and did not talk about leaving.
In general, he was reserved and did not communicate much. Here I will quote the well-known popular saying: "Be afraid of the river that neither rustles nor hisses."
Knowing him more or less, it was not unimaginable for me, it was expected, that is, I was not surprised when I heard about espionage."of MediaHubsaid one of the colleagues who worked with Sargis Galstyan. Sargis and Margarita regularly published videos from the streets and graves of Stepanakert, which became a ghost, from their walks and everyday life.
The colleague has no doubt that the couple stayed there at the suggestion of the Azerbaijanis, or perhaps under compulsion.
"However, when they realized that they were no longer needed, they sent them to Armenia. It is really hard for me to imagine what data could have been transferred. Because you know, I also received information that he engaged in espionage before the 44-day war. Sako has always held high positions and it is not excluded that he will have given very important information.
I don't want to take the blame on myself, but if this is really true, then what is 18 years? Anyone who betrays the motherland and the soldier behind the back should be sentenced to life imprisonment," our interlocutor mentioned.
Let's remind that according to the accusation, Galstyan was recruited into the special intelligence service of a foreign state and spied. His wife, Margarita, is at large.
