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Armenian National Security Service arrests an
oligarch-parliamentarian's teammate
arminfo
Friday, May 6, 13:13
On the charge of smuggling, the employees of the Armenian National
Security Service have arrested Armen Sargsyan, one of the teammates of
Armenian MP from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, businessman
Levon Sargsyan.
Recently the court of general jurisdiction of Center and Nork-Marash
administrative districts of Yerevan satisfied the National Security
Service's motion about arresting Armen Sargsyan for two months.
Armen Sargsyan is famous for the incident that took place in September
2008 at the "Classmates" cafe, where Armen Sargsyan and his friend
beat to death Andranakin Babayan. In this connection, Sargsyan was
sentenced to 6-month imprisonment.
To note, Armen Sargsyan's arrest is especially noteworthy against the
background of active rumors in the press that the Armenian authorities
have seriously decided to clear the "Augean stables" by gradually
getting rid of the oligarchs. According to a number of experts, the
first victim of this initiative of the political leadership of the
country was the ex-mayor of Yerevan Gagik Beglaryan, who resigned
after a conflict with Aram Kandayan, an employee of the Protocol
Service of the Armenian President.
Now it is Levon Sargsyan's turn, the same mass media say. Earlier one
of the oppositional newspapers said that in order to punish him, some
media have already been given information that will allow them to
launch a large-scale campaign against Sargsyan. In particular, the
matter concerned the criminal case against the ex-head of the General
Department of Criminal Investigation of the Armenian Police Hovhannes
Tamamyan. Sargsyan gave certain directions to the pretrial
investigation of the case against Tamamyan.
"If this continues, it is not ruled out that one day the country's
leadership will decide to arraign charges against Levon Sargsyan
himself", said Zhamanak newspaper.
From: A. Papazian
oligarch-parliamentarian's teammate
arminfo
Friday, May 6, 13:13
On the charge of smuggling, the employees of the Armenian National
Security Service have arrested Armen Sargsyan, one of the teammates of
Armenian MP from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, businessman
Levon Sargsyan.
Recently the court of general jurisdiction of Center and Nork-Marash
administrative districts of Yerevan satisfied the National Security
Service's motion about arresting Armen Sargsyan for two months.
Armen Sargsyan is famous for the incident that took place in September
2008 at the "Classmates" cafe, where Armen Sargsyan and his friend
beat to death Andranakin Babayan. In this connection, Sargsyan was
sentenced to 6-month imprisonment.
To note, Armen Sargsyan's arrest is especially noteworthy against the
background of active rumors in the press that the Armenian authorities
have seriously decided to clear the "Augean stables" by gradually
getting rid of the oligarchs. According to a number of experts, the
first victim of this initiative of the political leadership of the
country was the ex-mayor of Yerevan Gagik Beglaryan, who resigned
after a conflict with Aram Kandayan, an employee of the Protocol
Service of the Armenian President.
Now it is Levon Sargsyan's turn, the same mass media say. Earlier one
of the oppositional newspapers said that in order to punish him, some
media have already been given information that will allow them to
launch a large-scale campaign against Sargsyan. In particular, the
matter concerned the criminal case against the ex-head of the General
Department of Criminal Investigation of the Armenian Police Hovhannes
Tamamyan. Sargsyan gave certain directions to the pretrial
investigation of the case against Tamamyan.
"If this continues, it is not ruled out that one day the country's
leadership will decide to arraign charges against Levon Sargsyan
himself", said Zhamanak newspaper.
From: A. Papazian