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HEAD OF UNION OF ARMENIANS OF RUSSIA DOES NOT BELIEVE LEVON HAYRAPETYAN'S PRIVITY TO ECONOMIC CRIMES
by Tatevik Shahunyan
Friday, July 18, 11:29
The Russian court has chosen a 2-month arrest as a measure of restraint
for Artsakh businessman Levon Hayrapetyan, Ara Abrahamyan, Head of
the Union of Armenians of Russia, has told ArmInfo.
The court has also attached Hayrapetyan's stake in Bashneft (about
300 million rubles). Hayrapetyan is charged under Articles 160
(misappropriation) and 174 (legalization of criminal means) of the
Russian Criminal Code.
Abrahamyan stresses the need to wait till the end of the proceedings
to make the final assessments. He thinks that Hayrapetyan is not
guilty. As regards the media reports that Hayrapetyan has been
arrested due to the Azeri lobbyists' efforts, Abrahamyan stresses
that the businessman is charged with economic crimes, so Azerbaijan,
Armenia and Russia have nothing to do with this. "In 99.9% of cases
the court satisfies the investigators' petition to use arrest as a
measure of restraint. Unfortunately, the Hayrapetyan case was not an
exception. But we believe that all the problems will be settled soon.
Hayrapetyan is a strong man and will cope with the problems", says
Abrahamyan. He adds that Hayrapetyan is respected in Armenia, Artsakh
and Russia.
To note, Levon Hayrapetyan's lawyer Igor Komarov said that the
definition of the criminal case is not final.
To remind, the Russian special services have detained one of the
richest Armenian businessmen in the world Levon Hayrapetyan on
suspicion of being privy to the notorious "Kingisep" criminal group.
According to Rosbalt, Hayrapetyan was detained on Tuesday upon arriving
in Moscow from his home in Monaco. Shortly the investigators are
planning to petition the Basmanny Court to arrest the businessman.
They are currently investigating the case of Sergey-Finagin's
"Kingisepp" group, which together with Alexander Matusov's "Schelkovo"
gang, is believed to have done a number of contract killings first
for businessman Georgy Safiyev (killed in the United States) and then
for former Senator Igor Izmestyev (who is now in jail for life). And
it was Izmestyev who said that Levon Hayrapetyan was privy to some of
the killings, particularly, those related to the Bashneft oil company.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=3754C310-0E4D-11E4-BF860EB7C0D21663
by Tatevik Shahunyan
Friday, July 18, 11:29
The Russian court has chosen a 2-month arrest as a measure of restraint
for Artsakh businessman Levon Hayrapetyan, Ara Abrahamyan, Head of
the Union of Armenians of Russia, has told ArmInfo.
The court has also attached Hayrapetyan's stake in Bashneft (about
300 million rubles). Hayrapetyan is charged under Articles 160
(misappropriation) and 174 (legalization of criminal means) of the
Russian Criminal Code.
Abrahamyan stresses the need to wait till the end of the proceedings
to make the final assessments. He thinks that Hayrapetyan is not
guilty. As regards the media reports that Hayrapetyan has been
arrested due to the Azeri lobbyists' efforts, Abrahamyan stresses
that the businessman is charged with economic crimes, so Azerbaijan,
Armenia and Russia have nothing to do with this. "In 99.9% of cases
the court satisfies the investigators' petition to use arrest as a
measure of restraint. Unfortunately, the Hayrapetyan case was not an
exception. But we believe that all the problems will be settled soon.
Hayrapetyan is a strong man and will cope with the problems", says
Abrahamyan. He adds that Hayrapetyan is respected in Armenia, Artsakh
and Russia.
To note, Levon Hayrapetyan's lawyer Igor Komarov said that the
definition of the criminal case is not final.
To remind, the Russian special services have detained one of the
richest Armenian businessmen in the world Levon Hayrapetyan on
suspicion of being privy to the notorious "Kingisep" criminal group.
According to Rosbalt, Hayrapetyan was detained on Tuesday upon arriving
in Moscow from his home in Monaco. Shortly the investigators are
planning to petition the Basmanny Court to arrest the businessman.
They are currently investigating the case of Sergey-Finagin's
"Kingisepp" group, which together with Alexander Matusov's "Schelkovo"
gang, is believed to have done a number of contract killings first
for businessman Georgy Safiyev (killed in the United States) and then
for former Senator Igor Izmestyev (who is now in jail for life). And
it was Izmestyev who said that Levon Hayrapetyan was privy to some of
the killings, particularly, those related to the Bashneft oil company.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=3754C310-0E4D-11E4-BF860EB7C0D21663