“Staff of the Council of the Public Broadcaster” PA provided money under the name of a grant to the “Spiritual-Cultural Public Television Company” CJSC, “Shogakat” in order to organize the liquidation process. The parties signed the contract yesterday, the price of the contract was 22 million drams.

Within this amount, CJSC’s obligations must be repaid, salaries and severance benefits must be paid, and other expenses must be carried out. 2026 According to the state budget, 221 million drams were allocated for “Shogakat” TV station, and 22 million drams will be allocated from this amount for liquidation.

They say that the other part of the money will be transferred to the Council of the Public Broadcaster for the purpose of technical re-equipment in Public Television and Radio.

Let’s remind that the RA government’s 2025 According to the decision of December 25, “Shoghakat” TV company “Shoghakat” CJSC was dissolved on January 1 of this year.

In parallel with the campaign of the Catholicos, the authorities hastily decided to close “Shogakat”. CP deputies regularly generated this idea.

“Shogakat” is a spiritual and cultural TV station. The founder is the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church. It was broadcast 18 hours a day on the spiritual-cultural public TV channel and the H1 satellite TV channel.

In 1995, a TV studio was founded in the Ararat Patriarchal Diocese. The initiator and founder was the presbyterial vicar, Archbishop Garegin Nersisyan. Five years later, it was already operating in the Holy Mother See of Etchmiatsin and was registered as “Shogakat” TV station.

2002 “Shogakat” received a broadcasting license and since November it has been operating as a TV station with 18 hours of air time a day. In addition to traditional church programs, educational and cultural programs were also broadcast. According to the contract signed with the Armenian public television in 2004. “Shogakat” television programs began to be broadcast on H1 satellite TV as well.

In fact, during the reign of all previous governments, this TV station was not closed for spreading content, and the bastion of democracy in Armenia was closed. The TV company belonging to the Mother See was made a thing of the past, and Pashinyan’s family newspaper continues the propaganda.

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