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ZHOGHOVURD: ARMENIAN NUCLEAR PLANT ENTANGLED IN MONEY SCANDAL
11:00 * 16.12.14
The paper has published new details over a recently reportedincident
that saw top managers of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant's (ANPP)
fired and detained.
The report, with slight abridgements, is provided below.
Zhoghovurd managed to find out that the criminal case was instituted
earlier this year. The inspections revealed that tens of millions
of Drams were drawn down from the ANPP for years under the pretext
of procurements or repairs. Reports reveal that the scheme resolved
had worked actually since 2007.
What's even more, our sources say that all the documents authorizing
the deal were signed by Gagik Markosyan, the plant's general director.
But there is no signature by Rubik Martirosyan, the detained deputy
director who "masterminded the affair". Under the circumstances, Gagik
Markosyan can be said to have been a director under Rubik Movsisyan's
supervision. Anyway, the National Security Service gave assurances
that it hadn't been aware of any abuses or kickbacks. So given that
he is now in detention without facing charges, the allegations on his
innocence can be thought to have sounded convincing to investigators.
The key question in the case is how it was possible to draw down money
from the ANPP for so many years without anyone's knowledge. Rubik
Movsisyan is reported to have been appointed a deputy director under
the direct sponsorship of Amren Movsisyan, a former minister of
energy and natural resouces and a current advisor to President Serzh
Sargsyan. What's even more, deputy director Movsisyan was considered
Minister Movsisyan's most faithful ally at the ANPP.
Reports emerged back in October about Minister Armen Movsisyan's
possible detention. And our sources claimed connections with this
affair. But the political decision hasn't yet been made. However,
even if Movsisyan faces no detention at all and manages to escape
conviction, he will, nonetheless, be left power. That's for sure.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/12/16/joghovurd4/1537195
From: A. Papazian
11:00 * 16.12.14
The paper has published new details over a recently reportedincident
that saw top managers of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant's (ANPP)
fired and detained.
The report, with slight abridgements, is provided below.
Zhoghovurd managed to find out that the criminal case was instituted
earlier this year. The inspections revealed that tens of millions
of Drams were drawn down from the ANPP for years under the pretext
of procurements or repairs. Reports reveal that the scheme resolved
had worked actually since 2007.
What's even more, our sources say that all the documents authorizing
the deal were signed by Gagik Markosyan, the plant's general director.
But there is no signature by Rubik Martirosyan, the detained deputy
director who "masterminded the affair". Under the circumstances, Gagik
Markosyan can be said to have been a director under Rubik Movsisyan's
supervision. Anyway, the National Security Service gave assurances
that it hadn't been aware of any abuses or kickbacks. So given that
he is now in detention without facing charges, the allegations on his
innocence can be thought to have sounded convincing to investigators.
The key question in the case is how it was possible to draw down money
from the ANPP for so many years without anyone's knowledge. Rubik
Movsisyan is reported to have been appointed a deputy director under
the direct sponsorship of Amren Movsisyan, a former minister of
energy and natural resouces and a current advisor to President Serzh
Sargsyan. What's even more, deputy director Movsisyan was considered
Minister Movsisyan's most faithful ally at the ANPP.
Reports emerged back in October about Minister Armen Movsisyan's
possible detention. And our sources claimed connections with this
affair. But the political decision hasn't yet been made. However,
even if Movsisyan faces no detention at all and manages to escape
conviction, he will, nonetheless, be left power. That's for sure.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/12/16/joghovurd4/1537195
From: A. Papazian