Yerevan resident gives written undertaking not to leave over desecration of monument to blockade survivors

A preventive measure was chosen against Samvel Shirinyan, who desecrated the monument to the children of besieged Leningrad in Yerevan, Report informs via the Armenian media.

"A travel ban has been chosen as a preventive measure," the press service of the Investigative Committee of Armenia said in a statement.

He was charged under the relevant article of the country's Criminal Code, including "public statements aimed at inciting or promoting hatred, discrimination, intolerance or enmity, as well as distributing materials for this purpose using information and communication technologies."

He faces up to 4 years in prison.