Pashinyan: The lion`s share of financing the "velvet revolution" in Armenia came from Russia

Naira Badalyan. The lion’s share of financing the “velvet revolution” in Armenia came from Russia. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan at a meeting stated this with businessmen of Armenian origin in St. Petersburg.

In general, according to the prime minister, the revolution did not require large cash injections. However, even according to approximate calculations, according to Pashinyan, Armenians living in the Russian Federation transferred most of the money.

At the same time, as the head of the Armenian government and the leader of the “velvet revolution” pointed out, he remembered how during the pedestrian course he received a call from Sakhalin (RF, Ed.) And reported that they transferred the money. It was “the first money,” he said. “On the whole, the Armenian revolution was financed by 90% by the Diaspora, 50% of which, if not more, from Russia,” he explained. “Money transfers, as Pashinyan noted, were also from the United States and Europe. “We will probably publish the geography of funding “And not only people with money transferred money – people transferred money from their salaries, and this is the uniqueness of our revolution.” The people decided their problem and the people should be grateful,” Pashinyan said.

During the meeting some Russian businessmen complained to the prime minister about the unlawful actions of their partners from Armenia. In particular, one of them said that the Republican deputy, owner of the Jermuk group Ashot Arsenyan “stole” his conveyor line and sold it without the knowledge of the entrepreneur. “In addition, I bought a plant in the village of Areni, and then discovered that I do not have documents on the documents, but if the situation changes, I will come to Armenia, study the market and, trusting you, invest 3 billion drams (about $ 6 million ) “, – promised the entrepreneur.

Another businessman complained about the actions of the Republican deputy, owner of the “Alex Grig” concern Samvel Aleksanyan, who, according to him, entered into a share with him during the construction of the sugar plant in Sevan and ruined him. “But now I am ready to rehabilitate the enterprise, if I am at least temporarily exempted from VAT,” the entrepreneur noted. Prime Minister Pashinyan promised to assist businessmen in solving their problems within the framework of the law.

In early June, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan posted on his Facebook page an account of the funds that he donated during the “velvet revolution”. The “pre-full” list consists of 48 pages of A4 format. The minimum amount contributed to the revolution was 5 drams. The largest transfer was the amount of 1 million 955 thousand drams (4135 dollars). As a result, the organizers of the change of power donated 73 million 589 thousand 894 drams (about 152 thousand 559 dollars), 51 910 dollars (about 25 million 20 thousand 620 drams), 14 thousand 344 euros (about 8 million 91 thousand 357 drams), 2 million 48 thousand 408 rubles (16 million 141 thousand 455 drams). In total, the amount amounted to 122 million 843 thousand 326 drams (about 254 thousand 861 dollars).