The officers of the military counter-intelligence department of the RA National Security Service, continuing their activities in the fight against crimes, discovered another case of state treason due to complex operative-investigative measures.

It was found out that V.H., a citizen of the Republic of Armenia, a contract soldier of the Nth military unit of the Ministry of Defense, a private grenade launcher, having come into contact with information constituting a state and official secret due to his service, in November 2021, through the social network "Odnoklasnik", he got to know a foreign exceptional service employee, a conditional with a person appearing under the name and being recruited by the latter, for a fee, through the "WhatsApp" application of his mobile phone, in the period from November 2021 to May 2022, collected and handed over to the representative of the particular service the location of his military unit, combat positions, the order of service in them, the military unit State and service secret information regarding the auto equipment on the balance sheet, against which he received 370 USD from foreign special services through three bank transfers, thus committing state treason to the detriment of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia and external security.

Within the framework of the criminal proceedings initiated in the RA National Service of Investigation Department, the said contract soldier was charged; according to the court's decision, detention was applied to him as a preventive measure.

The criminal investigation continues.