Who owns what in Armenia

[Gevz]

Re: Who owns what in Armenia

This post is spot on!

Some are busy worshipping queen elizabeth! Or masturbating to pashinyans photo.

These kind of people don't like "corrupt officals that have huge businesses and real estate" they like honest politicians working for Armenians!

These same idiots might want to check just how did pashinyan aquire the businesses that he owns in Armenia ( total of 4 businesss one being a newspaper) or that imbecile Vartan Oskanians apartment block that he owns in Armenia ! An entire apartment block in the centre of yerevan. It was purchased in 2006 yes the year he was in power and he owns a few other businesses in Armenia like a soft drink producing company.

This honest moron got it using his monthly salary of 150000 dram yeah!!!!!!!! Fkng idiots.


The opposition is just mad because they are not in power to be stealing . They couldnt give a rats asss.s about the population.

[Gevz]

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Pathetic idiots just like the opposition.

One of the CIA agents working against our state acts like he is a patriotic Armenian and loves Armenia to death he spends most of his time writing or giving interviews about internal affairs/politics this moron goes by the name of richard giragosian( this imbecile cant even speak Armenian he gives interviews in English) at least go learn Armenian you fukhed if you even care about being taken seriously.( if your so fkn caring abour your homeland why did u fkn fail to learn your language or didn't CIA spend extra and enroll you in Armenian classes)

He only gets interviewd by armenianow,azatutuyn,1in lol wonder fkn why.

When pashinyan or hayrikyan or any of those clowns organise a protest 100 people turn up and out of the 100 - 60 of them don't know what the protest is about.

[Mher]

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Armenian Governor Questioned Over Assault


Sisak Gabrielian
Հրապարակված է՝ 02.06.2015

Law-enforcement officials have questioned Suren Khachatrian, the controversial governor of Armenia’s Syunik province, in connection with a violent attack that was allegedly led by one of his sons, it emerged on Tuesday.

The May 2 incident in the regional town of Goris reinforced a widely held belief that Khachatrian and his equally violent relatives enjoy impunity thanks to their loyalty to President Serzh Sarkisian.

It left two Goris residents severely injured. The 32-year-old Harut Zakarian lost vision in one eye while his elder brother Mushegh suffered a broken nose after they were attacked by a large group of other men. They claim that they attackers were led by Khachatrian’s notorious son Tigran.

Armenia’s Investigative Committee, a law-enforcement agency investigating the assault, reluctantly interrogated the 21-year-old on May 16 amid a media and opposition uproar in Yerevan. But he was not detained or charged as a result. Nor have the investigators levelled accusations against anyone else so far.
Armenia - Tigran Khachatrian, son of Syunik Governor Suren Khachatrian.Armenia - Tigran Khachatrian, son of Syunik Governor Suren Khachatrian.

According to an assistant to a lawyer for Suren Khachatrian, the Syunik governor insisted during the questioning that his son is innocent. “Tigran Khachatrian had no part in the incident. “He only separated people,” the assistant told RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am). He refused to give other details.

Khachatrian claimed in the immediate aftermath of the incident that Tigran was not in Goris on May 2.

Meanwhile, the injured brothers’ mother, Anahit Galstian, decried what she sees as a lack of progress in the probe and warned the Investigative Committee against a cover-up. “We won’t keep silent,” she said, insisting that her sons were beaten up by Tigran Khachatrian and dozens of his “thugs.”

Galstian also reiterated that they received threats from the governor’s son over the phone shortly before the incident. She challenged the investigators to listen to the audio recordings of their phone calls.

The beating occurred almost two years after Tigran and his father’s bodyguards clashed with a Goris businessman, Avetik Budaghian, and his brother Artak outside the Khachatrians’ local villa. Avetik was shot dead while Artak was seriously wounded in the incident.

Tigran and one of the bodyguards were arrested in the following days only to be cleared of murder charges and set free two months later. Law-enforcement authorities said the gunshots fired by them constituted legitimate self-defense.

Despite denying any involvement, Suren Khachatrian was sacked in the wake of the 2013 shootings. But he was reinstated as Syunik governor a year later.

http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/27049641.html

[Zeytun]

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Corruption!!!!!!!

http://hetq.am/arm/news/61660/ostikanutyunn-achq-e-pakum-tekhnikakan-sarqerov-haytnabervats-khakhtman-vra.html

http://hetq.am/eng/news/61648/financially-strapped-electric-networks-of-armenia-has-allocated-millions-to-luys-foundation.html

[Shant03]

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^ What's funny is I saw and noticed both the black CL and White Range had the same plates while in Armenia last month.

[Vrej1915]

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[Armynia]

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We deserve our government: Be proud my Lions

[Zeytun]

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Armenia’s much-touted anti-corruption initiative has gotten off to a less-than-ideal start: leading government members of the body intended to root out graft are bogged down by questions about their own spending habits and sources of income.

[...]

Abrahamyan, a veteran politician who previously, according to Hetq.am, redecorated his office for over half a million dollars without issuing a public tender, has not commented on his foreign-travel spending practices. The costs of such flights are magnified in Armenia by the fact that the average monthly nominal wage was the equivalent of $383 in May 2015, and roughly one-third of the country’s approximately 3 million population lives in poverty.

Not only Abrahamyan’s spending practices have faced criticism; his sources of wealth have drawn scrutiny, too. He has attributed his 2014 declaration of nearly $2 million in dollar-denominated assets to “farming.” Media outlets claim that he controls via his family scores of private companies, ranging from gas stations to casinos, and thousands of hectares of land.

The prime minister, however, is not the only senior official on the council with apparently entrepreneurial relatives. Family members of Finance Minister Gagik Khachatrian, dubbed the “super minister,” have been linked to a variety of businesses, including a large Internet service provider (Ucom), several food importers, a huge shopping center in downtown Yerevan, a supermarket chain (Nor Zovq) and a cash-register-related importer.

On July 22, the French-owned Orange Armenia, one of Armenia’s largest telecommunications operators, stated that it was in talks about selling the company to Ucom, RFE/RL reported.

Khachatrian has not commented on his possible role in any of these companies. Asked on July 28 by Gala TV about how the Anti-Corruption Council could fight corruption when some of its members faced media scrutiny, he answered: “That is a different topic.”

Against this backdrop, opposition parties and non-governmental organizations are unlikely to endorse the Council’s work anytime soon. “At all times, the government has spoken about the fight against corruption [like a dish] with different sauces, [with] promises and beautiful words, but all that is theater and we cannot enter a process which we do not believe in from the very beginning,” commented Anahit Bakhshian, a senior member of the tiny opposition Heritage Party.

The European Union Delegation to Yerevan and the United States Agency for International Development – two sources of tens of millions of dollars in assistance for anti-corruption drives in Armenia – have not yet commented on the council’s work or composition.

On July 28, however, the prime minister’s chief of staff, David Harutiunian, announced that a cooperation agreement will be signed with USAID as part of a $750,000 anti-corruption initiative.

Civil rights activist Artur Sakunts, an outspoken government critic, believes the funds will be “wasted,” as during previous official anti-corruption initiatives. “Unfortunately, this is another theater that leads nowhere unless there is a political will and an independent body to fight” corruption, Sakunts said.

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/74441

[Vrej1915]

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Սուրիկ Խաչատրյանը հաղթե՞ց Սիլվա Համբարձումյանին

http://www.aravot.am/2015/07/30/597612/

ՀՀ տարածքային կառավարման եւ արտակարգ իրավիճակների նախարարության «Պայթուցիկ նյութերի, պայթեցման սարքավորումների, առեւտրի եւ պայթեցման աշխատանքների կատարման լիցենզավորման հանձնաժողովի» հուլիսի 14-ի նիստում դադարեցվել է «Սիփան 1» ընկերության լիցենզիան` ընկերության դիմումի համաձայն:

Ընկերությունը հանք է շահագործում եւ ակնհայտ է, որ անհնար է հանք շահագործել, առանց պայթեցման աշխատանքների լիցենզիայի: Սույն գործողությունը, թերեւս, սովորական ընկալվեր, եթե «Սիփան 1» ընկերության շուրջ տարիներ առաջ աղմկահարույց զարգացումներ չլինեին, որոնք անգամ դատական ատյաններում հստակ հանգուցալուծում չստացան:

Ընկերությունը շահագործում էր Սյունիքի մարզի Լիճքվազ-Թեյի ոսկու հանքավայրը: Ընկերության տնօրենն է գործարար Սիլվա Համբարձումյանն, ով հանրությանը հայտնի դարձավ, երբ տարիներ առաջ, Երեւանի Մարիոթ-Արմենիա հյուրանոցում տհաճ պատմության մեջ հայտնվեց` Սյունիքի մարզպետ Սուրիկ Խաչատրյանի «բեմադրությամբ»: Սիլվա Համբարձումյանը հայտարարել էր, որ Սուրիկ Խաչատրյանը 102 միլիոն դրամի սարքավորումներ է գողացել Լիճքվազ-Թեյի ոսկու հանքավայրից:

Օրեր անց Սուրիկ Խաչատրյանը նշված հյուրանոցում նախ ոտքով, ապա ձեռքով հարվածեց եւ հայհոյեց գործարար կնոջը: Այդ վեճը նախապատմություն ուներ` Լիճքվազ-Թեյի ոսկու հանքավայրը: ՀՀ կառավարությունը՝ ՀՀ էներգետիկայի եւ բնական պաշարների նախարարի 2010 թվականի թիվ 147-Ա հրամանով, հանքը շահագործելու մասին լիցենզիան անվավեր էր ճանաչել եւ Սիլվա Համբարձումյանին զրկել այն շահագործելու իրավունքից:

Հանքավայրի գլխավոր փայատերերը հնդիկ ներդրողներ էին: Մինչ այդ հանքը պատկանում էր ավստրալիական մի ընկերության, որը ինչ-ինչ պատճառներով վաճառեց այն եւ հեռացավ Հայաստանից: Այդ շրջանում խոսակցություններ տարածվեցին, որ Սյունիքի՝ քրեական պատմություններից անպակաս մարզպետ Սուրիկ Խաչատրյանը, անընդհատ ահաբեկել է ավստրալիացի ներդրողներին, բավականին գույք է խլել նրանցից եւ «պատվիրել» լռել ու հեռանալ, քանի որ այդ հանքն իրեն է պատկանում:

Սուրիկ Խաչատրյանը համանման սպառնալիքներով է ներկայացել նաեւ Սիլվա Համբարձումյանին: Խոսակցություններ էին պտտվում, որ այդ հանքի նկատմամբ անտարբեր չէր նաեւ ՀՀ էներգետիկայի եւ բնական պաշարների այն ժամանակվա նախարար Արմեն Մովսիսյանը:

Aravot.am-ը փորձեց Սիլվա Համբարձումյանից ճշտել` ո՞րն էր իր քայլի պատճառը: Գործարարն առայժմ չի արձագանքում մեր հեռախոսազանգերին:

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[Vrej1915]

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Armenian Tycoon Accused Of Fresh Violence

By Hovannes Movsisian and Irina Hovhannisyan
August 18, 2015

An Armenian businessman was hospitalized over the weekend after being beaten up in an attack he blamed on Ruben Hayrapetian, the wealthy and well-connected head of the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA).

The allegation is likely to rekindle controversy over Hayrapetian, three years after guards at a restaurant owned by his family beat a man to death -- an attack which prompted accusations that tycoons with ties to President Serzh Sarkisian's government enjoy impunity.

Arsen Avetisian, the majority shareholder in an airline that suspended operations last year, told RFE/RL's Armenian Service on August 17 that he was assaulted during a meeting with Hayrapetian at the FFA Football Academy two days earlier.

"Hayrapetian grabbed my hand, and when I tried to free my hand everybody else started hitting me," Avetisian said, speaking from his bed at a Yerevan hospital where he is recovering from a broken nose and other serious injuries. "I didn’t see who was hitting me as I lay on the ground."

"They then took me to another place. Ruben Hayrapetian was there and he continued to talk to me," he said.

Avetisian, who manages private carrier Air Armenia, declined to discuss what might have prompted the attack. He said he would provide more information "in the coming days."

Air Armenia is the former Soviet republic's largest airline, but it suspended flights late last year and is reportedly saddled with debt.

Avetisian’s, wife, Izabella Melkumian, published an open letter to President Serzh Sarkisian alleging that Hayrapetian and his bodyguards kidnapped her husband after the beating.

She claimed they demanded he sign a statement certifying that he owes Hayrapetian a substantial amount of money.

"I appealed to law-enforcement bodies but am worried about the safety of my husband and other members of our family," Melkumian said in the letter, entreating Sarkisian to ensure the family is protected by the state.

The Armenian police said that they were investigating the allegations. A police spokesperson refused to divulge any details of that inquiry.

News.am reported that Hayrapetian and two of his bodyguards were questioned by police investigators, and said the tycoon refused to comment when contacted by the online publication. Neither Hayrapetian nor his aides answered phone calls from RFE/RL's Armenian service.

Air Armenia reportedly has outstanding debts to at least one other airline and several banks.

The attack on Avetisian came a day after a Ukrainian investment fund, which recently bought a 49 percent stake in Air Armenia, announced that it has invested over $68 million in the troubled airline.

Hayrapetian was the target of a public outcry after several Armenian Army medics were attacked in June 2012 at Harsnakar, a Yerevan restaurant owned by Hayrapetian’s family. One of the medics -- Vahe Avetian, a 35-year-old father of three -- died, and two others were seriously injured after arguing with burly men working at the restaurant.

Avetian's death shocked the nation and sparking a series of angry street protests by hundreds of civic activists who saw the incident as a manifestation of impunity enjoyed by government-linked tycoons.

Zhanna Aleksanian, a veteran human rights activist and writer, said that Avetisian’s beating shows that the problem persists.

"The oligarchs who are members of [President] Serzh Sarkisian’s inner circle enjoy impunity,” she told RFE/RL’s Armenian service. “This is why such incidents recur. Only Serzh Sarkisian can tell how long this will continue.”

The outcry in 2012 prompted Hayrapetian to resign from the Armenian parliament and apologize to Avetian’s family. But he stayed on as chairman of the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA), denying any involvement in the beating, and he is a senior member of Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia.

In March 2014, six men believed to be Hayrapetian’s bodyguards were convicted of killing Avetian and sentenced to 12 years prison. An appeals court later upheld the verdict.

Hayrapetian was accused in November 2012 of beating up a doctor working for FC Pyunik, a soccer club controlled by him, and in 2014 he allegedly verbally and physically abused a Pyunik player during a match. Hayrapetian denied those allegations through the FFA’s press service.