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US MAY HAVE 'MAGNITSKY LIST' FOR ARMENIAN OFFICIALS - EXPERT
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/12/hovhannisyan/
13:41 ~U 12.05.13
Armenian News - Tert.am
The US authorities very probably have an equivalent to the Magnitsky
List or a similar draft for the Armenian officials, according to Hmayak
Hovhannisyan, the president of the Armenian Political Analysts' Union.
Speaking to Tert.am, the president said he belives at least one person
- a former nature protection minister and a senior parliament member,
Vardan Ayvazyan - to be on such a list.
The US Southern District Court of New York had earlier ordered Ayvazyan
to pay $37.5 million in damages to Global Gold Mining. But the company
later issued a statement, dismissing the charges.
"One person is definitely included in the list. That's Vardan Ayvazyan;
as you are aware a criminal proceeding has been launched against him
in the United States," he said, when asked to comment on US Ambassador
John Heffern's somewhat evasive response to the A1 Plus journalist's
question on whether Armenian officials may be denied entry to the
United States because of the so-called Magnitsky List.
Hovhannisyan said he has no doubt that the United States had previously
elaborated such a list. "That the United States had such a draft list
is beyond any doubt. But it's a different matter when they will get
that list under way, so to say," he noted.
Asked whether the Russian authorities may have such a list for the
Armenians, Hovhannisyan pointed out to the criminal proceedings that
gained a wide momentum in the country after the resignation of Yuri
Luzhkov as the Moscow mayor.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/12/hovhannisyan/
13:41 ~U 12.05.13
Armenian News - Tert.am
The US authorities very probably have an equivalent to the Magnitsky
List or a similar draft for the Armenian officials, according to Hmayak
Hovhannisyan, the president of the Armenian Political Analysts' Union.
Speaking to Tert.am, the president said he belives at least one person
- a former nature protection minister and a senior parliament member,
Vardan Ayvazyan - to be on such a list.
The US Southern District Court of New York had earlier ordered Ayvazyan
to pay $37.5 million in damages to Global Gold Mining. But the company
later issued a statement, dismissing the charges.
"One person is definitely included in the list. That's Vardan Ayvazyan;
as you are aware a criminal proceeding has been launched against him
in the United States," he said, when asked to comment on US Ambassador
John Heffern's somewhat evasive response to the A1 Plus journalist's
question on whether Armenian officials may be denied entry to the
United States because of the so-called Magnitsky List.
Hovhannisyan said he has no doubt that the United States had previously
elaborated such a list. "That the United States had such a draft list
is beyond any doubt. But it's a different matter when they will get
that list under way, so to say," he noted.
Asked whether the Russian authorities may have such a list for the
Armenians, Hovhannisyan pointed out to the criminal proceedings that
gained a wide momentum in the country after the resignation of Yuri
Luzhkov as the Moscow mayor.