Verelq: Has the government targeted Gagik Tsarukyan? Khachatur Sukiasyan has a different opinion

The political supporter of RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, businessman Khachatur Sukiasyan does not think that the current authorities have targeted the companies of the big businessman, PAP chairman Gagik Tsarukyan.

“I don’t think so Gagik Tsarukyan the companies are targeted”, said Khachatur Sukiasyan, head of “Sil” concern, well-known businessman, in a conversation with journalists in Gyumri on September 21, referring to the fact that inspections are underway in the companies of the PAP leader, and the general director of “Multi Group”. Sedrak Arustamyan charged with “North-South” and money laundering cases.

Khachatur Sukiasyan, who is also Gagik Tsarukyan’s brother-in-law, believes that it is about strengthening the legal state.

“I think that if we want to become a legal state, it doesn’t matter if it is Gagik Tsarukyan’s company or Khachatur Sukiasyan’s or a third party’s, we have to go that way. I don’t see that they are targeted. Of course, everyone’s organizations in Armenia should be equal, and any state body should have the right to check any organization and understand whether that organization has fulfilled its obligations towards the state or not,” he is confident.

And here, in his opinion, it does not matter whose organization or business structure we are talking about. “And with that, we can say that we have a legal state,” emphasized Sukiasyan.

During the preliminary investigation of the criminal case on the cases of apparent abuses committed during the development and implementation of the “North-South Road Corridor” project in the main department of the RA Investigative Committee’s investigation, he actually managed the activities of “Stones” SP company. Sedrak Arustamyan (he too Gagik Tsarukyan is the head of the “Multi Group” concern) was also charged with committing a criminal act provided for by Article 190, Part 3, Clause 1 of the RA Criminal Code, that is, for legalizing particularly large amounts of property obtained through criminal means (money laundering).

On September 18, 2019, Sedrakyan was charged under Article 38-189, Part 3, and Article 38-205, Part 2 of the RA Criminal Code.

According to the criminal case, it is about 2.7 billion drams. Petitions were submitted to the court by Sedrak Arustamyan, who actually managed the activities of “Stones” SP company. Suren Avagyan, Gurgen Sargsyan about choosing detention as a preventive measure. As of today, 15 persons have the status of accused in the criminal case.