2018 July 28

Anti-Corruption Daily

Anti-Corruption 7/28/2018: 1) Yuri Khachaturov posts bail and walks out, while judge deems Kocharyan's release too risky, he's under a 2-month detention 2) Ayntap school director and employees falsified documents, stole AMd 2.4mln. Money is recovered, guilt admitted 3) Accusations o.. (MORE BELOW)
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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Good Saturday everyone!

VIDEO: Almost a decade ago, (now Prime Minister) Pashinyan spoke about bringing to justice those responsible for 2008 events https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxTxTDpyyQA

Judge denies bail for former president Robert Kocharyan, orders him to stay in jail for 2 months https://armenpress.am/arm/news/942077/

General Yuri Khachaturov will also be arrested, however, the judge had accepted a AMD 5mln bail and will let him out of jail while the trial continues https://www.a1plus.am/1634706.html

Clarification for 7/27/2018 report: The order 0038 was issued by the Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan (not directly by president Kocharyan), although after meeting with the president and discussing the plan of actions https://factor.am/71478.html --- http://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/142514

Armenia asks CSTO military bloc to find a new chairman, as the current chair Yuri Khachaturov faces legal issues in Armenia https://www.azatutyun.am/a/29395435.html

Jirayr Sefillian, Sasna Tsrer, and Hunchak parties also favor the lawsuit against Robert Kocharyan https://www.a1plus.am/1634721.html —- https://armenpress.am/arm/news/942109/ —— https://news.am/arm/news/464024.html

The director and two employees of a school in Ayntap are charged with embezzlement, falsifying documents and abuse of power, which resulted in AMD 2.4mln damages to the state. The accused have admitted the guilt and returned the money https://www.azatutyun.am/a/29395607.html —— http://investigative.am/news/view/ayntapi-dproc-charashahum.html

Armenian-Georgian businessman says he invested $120k into a business in Armenia in 2003, then racketeers approaches him and demanded money in exchange for having the former police chief (of 2003) to be his “krisha” so he won’t have "issues". Provides details of the shakeup. He has contacted Pashinyan with the information. As a reminder, these are allegations by one person and the accused are to be presumed innocent until proven guilty https://www.aysor.am/am/news/2018/07/28/%D4%B5%D6%80%D6%87%D5%A1%D5%B6/1447618

TravelBlog releases a tourism video for Armenia https://youtu.be/2x1i3KsBpkA

French-Armenian initiative provides high quality high-yield Russian wheat seeds to 150 farms for free, after the successful experiment provided unprecedented yield. The program will be implemented in other villages too https://youtu.be/mwXYRGeK26E?t=1168

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Link to original report and comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/armenia/comments/92ouc5/anticorruption_7282018_1_yuri_khachaturov_posts/