2018 August 11

Anti-Corruption Daily

Anti-Corruption 8/11/2018
by ar_david_hh

Disclaimer: All the accused are innocent until proven guilty by the court of law, even if they may sound as being guilty. Currency in Armenian Drams ֏ unless specified otherwise.

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Multiple military officials under a criminal investigation. The second in command of Nor Norq military commissariat is charged with bribery and extortion. The commander of N military unit gave him a bribe in exchange for a favor. He is also facing criminal charges for offering bribes. Another one faces charges for illegal possession of large quantities of ammunition, after finding a stash and keeping it, instead of handing it over to the authorities https://news.am/arm/news/465942.html

Former PM Hovik Abrahamyan’s business used to supply products to the government, until now. The new gov cancels the contract with ArtFood because it has failed to follow its part of the contract https://armlur.am/830408/

Hovik Abrahamyan's brother will spend the next 2 months under a detention, after the judge approves the March 1st investigators' request. The NSS had earlier found large quantities of illegal weapons under his possession, which are suspected to have been used during the March 1st murders https://armlur.am/830573/

Criminal case is launched against Ijevan's forestry officer and the forest guard, for abuse of power and illegal deforestation https://armlur.am/829675/

PM Pashinyan says Civil Contract does not have a coalition with ARF. Their cooperation is only a result of the Velvet Revolution. He was asked to comment about a de-facto government "coalition member ARF's critique of Kocharyan's arrest". https://news.am/arm/news/466000.html

Iranian agricultural machinery company will invest millions of dollars to create a factory and employ hundreds of people, after cooperating with Business Armenia initiative https://news.am/arm/news/465904.html

PM Pashinyan says anyone who buys elections through bribes will be prosecuted. Urges the public not to accept an election bribe, because those politicians will proceed to plunder the property of the very same people who took the bribes https://youtu.be/RHbVM4w5V2g?t=235

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... says the government will provide finances to local communities only after they take actions to cut on waste and corruption https://news.am/arm/news/465973.html

... says the future is a more eco-friendly Armenia, when asked a question about the role of the mining industry in the country. "There are reports of many mining companies avoiding payments, and it will all be investigated. It is also possible that the mining companies will be taxed higher", said the PM. Currently 29% of all exports go to EU, 25% to Russia. The former buys most of the mining stuff, while the latter buys mostly food. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/943574/

Aragatsotn's Civil Contract lieutenant governor has summoned the local (mostly HHK) mayors and told them to use the budgets more efficiently, or face a no-confidence investigation. The mayors then complained to the ARF governor. Lt. Gov denies the claims that his relations with Gov were strained as a result https://armlur.am/830243/

There has been a drop in suicide rates

in 2018H1 vs 2017H1. https://armlur.am/830396/

Happy Navasard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrnewMYnC0A

Armenian student wins gold in Informatika Olympics! https://youtu.be/RHbVM4w5V2g?t=1980

Russia arrests a banker who stole 800mln Rubles though fake loans https://news.am/arm/news/465985.html

52 migrants have received a refugee status on 2018H1. One person from Azerbaijan has submitted a request to seek refuge https://armlur.am/830405/

OCSE has raised concerns about the media censorship in Azerbaijan. There are about a dozen popular news sites that have been blocked in the country https://news.am/arm/news/465936.html

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Link to original report and comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/armenia/comments/96klq6/anticorruption_8112018/