In the department of investigation of particularly important cases of the main military investigation department of the RA Investigative Committee, the relevant officials of the RA Ministry of Defense and the RA Armed Forces abused their official powers and exceeded their official powers, in 2018. 25/6 G.Hasratyan Street, Yerevan, apartment building in January “On housing provision for servicemen of the RA Ministry of Defense system” of the RA Government dated 03.07.2007. In the course of the preliminary investigation initiated in the criminal case initiated under Article 308, Part 1 and Article 309, Part 1 of the RA Criminal Code regarding the violation of the order established by Resolution No. 384, a sufficient combination of evidence was obtained to indict Vigen Sargsyan, the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, as an accused in the case of transfer of official powers.

In particular, it was substantiated in the criminal case that the RA government’s 07.03.2007 by decision No. 384-N and the RA Minister of Defense dated 19.03.2013 According to Order No. 287, the authority to discuss the issue of providing free-of-charge housing to servicemen who need to improve housing conditions, with the exception of areas included in the list approved by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, except for the territories included in the list approved by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, was assigned to the Central Housing Commission of the Republic of Armenia, which was to be headed by the Government of the Republic of Armenia on 07.03.2007. According to decision No. 384-N, however, the RA Minister of Defense made a decision regarding the allocation of 29 out of 71 apartments in the building number 25/6 of G. Hasratyan Street in Yerevan, and the issue of the allocation of these apartments was not discussed by the committee at all, and as a result of the committee’s discussion, a number of apartments in the mentioned building, on the instructions of the RA Minister of Defense, were allocated by the commission in violation of the order established by the above-mentioned decision of the RA Government, as a result of which significant damage was caused to the RA Defense System. to the rights of servicemen in need of a residential area, to the latter’s and the legal interests of the state.

Bearing in mind that in accordance with Article 190, Part 6 of the RA Criminal Procedure Code, the investigators of the Special Investigation Service conduct the preliminary investigation of the cases of complicity or crimes committed by the head employees of the legislative, executive and judicial authorities of the Republic of Armenia, persons performing public service in connection with their official position, therefore, the criminal case was sent to the Special Investigation Service of the RA to continue the preliminary investigation.