2018 July 9

Anti-Corruption Daily

Anti-corruption 7/09/2018: 1) Defense Minister says even oligarch's sons can't avoid army from now on 2) Embattled Yerevan mayor resigns 3) All-Armenia Fund director resigns; new elections to be held 4) Investments from Russia to increase; factories built. (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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Yerevan's HHK mayor Taron Margayran resigns following month long protests, including by some of the city municipality members. Earlier, a documentary was released showing his personal wealth and its questionable origins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfjW4uMJpvo

All-Armenia Fund director officially resigns after he was charged with embezzlement of donation money https://youtu.be/dCe-IhWsdig?t=1319

The person from whom Serj's nephew stole the Saryan paintings from wrote a letter to PM Pashinyan asking for intervention, who then sent it to NSS. https://youtu.be/_EdU3eB1BEs?t=294

Sons of PM Pashinyan and Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan will be sent to army in a few days : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nX3LtlZumA

Erebuni prosecutor is called to testify in court in the criminal case involving a bribery that took place last year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE3-6dzgRmc&t=260s

(backstory: https://news.am/arm/news/421731.html)

Defense Minister Tonoyan says the oligarchs' sons will also be sent to army https://youtu.be/YBgqTl-OXlY?t=61

Defense Minister Tonoyan: "If the new Yerkrapah administration shows that it has cleared the organization of corruption, military might continue to cooperate with it." Yerkrapah will elect Armen Aram Sargsyan (Vazgen's brother) as their president soon. https://youtu.be/YBgqTl-OXlY?t=388

In the near future, more agricultural factories will open in provinces and cooperate with EU. Increased investments from Russian-Armenian businesses. A textile factory has been built by Tavush Textile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cdOI3K4htI

Tourist Guides ( գիդ ) will go though licensing to improve the quality of service to tourists. https://youtu.be/dCe-IhWsdig?t=2615

Geghashen mayor resigns http://en.a1plus.am/1275899.html

The recap of the match of legends that took place in Yerevan https://youtu.be/O1aZyaguDxI?t=1703

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Link to original report and comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/armenia/comments/8xg9xn/anticorruption_7092018_1_defense_minister_says/