2018 July 7

Anti-Corruption Daily

Anti-corruption 7/7/2018: 1) Serj's brother and nephews wanted by police; invstg. pressed illegal enrichment charges 2) Clini N16 charged with 3.2mln embezzlement 3) Burglary in Manvel's farm 4) Student protesters report receiving better treatment by Yerevan State Univ. admin. (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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Police issues an arrest warrant in absentia for Armenia's 3rd president Serj's brother (Sashik) after investigators find enough evidence to press charges for embezzlement and improper disclosure of wealth. Serj's nephews (Sashik's daughter and son) are also wanted by the police, but there is no warrant for their arrest. They are also charged under the same code. https://youtu.be/nA4F6QiQC5c?t=95

Yerevan clinic N16 director charged with embezzling 3.2mln https://youtu.be/HyWRVkinMCc?t=118

(in subtitles)

PM Nikol Pashinyan condemns any military intervention in politics. Summons a high ranking officer to receive explanations on his alleged involvement in Artsakh politics: https://armenpress.am/arm/news/940173.html

Masis mayor is officially charged with organizing unrest and participating in hooliganism in Yerevan, as well as participating in a hooliganism as part of a group while possessing or utilizing a weapon, in an Ararat Province village. His brother is also charged for participating in the second hooliganism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl4EVB-hX7s

Citizens will receive a 20k-50k fine for throwing trash on the streets. Throwing out trash from the car will cost 25k. A failure by sanitary companies to collect the trash from designated areas will result in a 100k-150k fine. https://youtu.be/vnBrRaVoVXA?t=848

Students report receiving better treatment by the Yerevan State University management after protests that demanded the administration's resignation for alleged corruption. They still want rector's resignation and Serj's removal from the Board. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYAhiNSDY2s

TV hosts that became popular with their investigative political episodes critical of the government are saying there is a noticeable improvement in the police work: https://youtu.be/vnBrRaVoVXA?t=303

A clergyman also demands Garegin B's resignation for tampering with the Holy Spear, after it became public that a small fraction of it was cut off and given as a gift to a church in Russia. There is a wider movement that wants Garegin's resignation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zxa56MCV6o

The man who was assaulted by Tsarukyan's bodyguard says he still has good relations with Tsarukyan. It turns out their families have been friends for many years and he doesn't want to politicize the incident https://youtu.be/vnBrRaVoVXA?t=293

Education Ministry discovers attempts by a school board directorial candidate to "rig" the director's elections. Promises to reform the election process https://youtu.be/vnBrRaVoVXA?t=818

Masked burglars broke into Marvel's farm and stole his sheep. In past, there have been complaints by local residents that Manvel's associated had mistreated them and stole cattle from their farms. There are rumors that this is a retaliation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKMdkUjt8EM

Week's recap with entertainment twist by CivilNet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phqj9qN-8yY

Karen Khachatryan wins gold medal in world championship of youth wrestling http://www.a1plus.am/1630893.html

PM Pashinyan's son will join the army and deploy in Artsakh in 2 days.

Serj Tankian is in Armenia. Organizes cultural events with TUMO members. https://youtu.be/nA4F6QiQC5c?t=864

Soccer legends Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Figo, Batistuta, Maldini, Djorkaeff and others are in Armenia for a friendly match between Latin America and Europe : https://youtu.be/HyWRVkinMCc?t=1031

Popcorn tastes good 🍿

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Link to original report and comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/armenia/comments/8wwtbj/anticorruption_772018_1_serjs_brother_and_nephews/