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    ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN AYRAPETYAN CHARGED WITH FINANCIAL MACHINATIONS

    Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
    July 17 2014

    17 July 2014 - 2:00pm

    The Basmanny Court of Moscow has arrested shares of Bashneft, owned
    by Sistema (84.4% of shares), as part of the Levon Ayrapetyan case.

    According to the Russian Investigative Committee, he earned $2
    billion from selling the shares and was accused of money-wasting
    and legalization of illegal income. Testimony of Igor Izmestyev, an
    employee of the businessman and an ex-senator of Bashkiria serving
    life imprisonment, was used as a reason for the detention, Kommersant
    reports.

    Ayrapetyan's lawyer Igor Komarov said he could not comment on the
    situation.

    Ayrapetyan, the tenth richest Armenian businessman and one of the
    main Nagorno-Karabakh sponsors, was detained at Domodedovo Airport
    upon his arrival from Nice on Tuesday. He was taken to the 13th floor
    of the President Hotel for questioning. The businessman owns half of
    the floor. The police checked it. Two boxes with bullets were found.

    Ayrapetyan is also suspected of being involved in Sergey Finagin's
    Kingiseppskaya Gang, allegedly responsible for carrying out
    assassinations for banker Georgy Safiyev and then senator Igor
    Izmestyev, Rosbalt reports.

    His business started with the Ogonek magazine and the Komsomolskaya
    Pravda paper. He developed contacts with many politicians and
    businessmen, including Russian ex-Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin
    and Bashkirian ex-President Murtaza Rakhimov. Ayrapetyan is an
    active lobbyist for recognition of the Armenian Genocide. He has even
    discussed the Genocide with U.S. President Barack Obama.

    http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/57822.html



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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