[2] Mahseredjian was convicted of extorting money for the ASALA, given an 18-month suspended sentence and expelled to the United States.
[5] He is a member of the Secretary of the PreParliament public organization (Armenia) and a leader of Sardarapat Movement.
[8][9] He has been one of the main speakers at public rallies in Yerevan in the wake of the July 17 seizure of a police building.
[10][11] His lawyer, Nikolay Baghdasaryan, reported that his client, who is blind and has one arm, was being kept in conditions deleterious to his health.
[12] On August 8 the prosecutor decided to change the measure of restrain for Yenikomshian and he was released from Armavir penitentiary.