Deputy chief of Armenia's National Security Council dismissed

The Deputy Head of the National Security Service of Armenia, Armen Darbinyan, was relieved from his post by order of President Serzh Sargsyan, Novosti Armenia reports, with a reference to Armenian Public Television. Darbinyan was replaced by Garegin Mkhitaryan.

This summer some of the opposition Armenian media circulated a document saying that Darbinyan is a former Russian agent. A spokesman for the Armenian National Security Service denied this information, saying that "the provocative material undermines every principle of state security."