April 29, 2026
On April 29, Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan presented to the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs the 2025 plan of the Prosecutor General’s Office of RA. about the activity the program.
In this context, he also referred to the cases recorded in the power structures.
“2025 It was recorded in the military units of the RA Armed Forces and other troops 2248 cases. Of the recorded cases 1027or 45 percent They are accidents, in other words, not crimes 1221or 54.3 percentcrimes, including: 687or 56,3 տոկոսը՝ military, 534or 43,7 percent: other crimes. Compared to 2024, accidents have increased with 265 or 34 percent, crimes are down 110with or 8,3 in percent. At the same time, general crimes have decreased with 82 or 13 percent, and the cases of military crimes with 28 or 3,9 percent,” Anna Vardapetyan elaborated, stressing that, in particular, no murder case was recorded in the RA Armed Forces in 2025.
Then Vardapetyan decided to present separately the 2025 Service-related deaths recorded in the RA Armed Forces, but intentionally or accidentally, among them, he also mentioned the cases registered in the Border Guard troops, although the Border Guard troops are under the National Security Service, and the Security Service is directly subordinated to Nikol Pashinyan.
“2025 The following cases of service-related deaths of servicemen in the RA Armed Forces were recorded: 6 conscripts, 2 conscripts of the border guard troops and 1 militia, i.e. total service-related deaths 9 cases: 2024 compared to 27 cases.
The service-related deaths are as follows: 4 cases of negligent suicide, 1 case of military official negligence, 1 case of causing death due to failure or improper performance of professional duty by a medical worker, 1 case of lightning strike, 2 cases of illness. 2025 during the service-related deaths of servicemen decreased by 18 or 66 percent.” Anna Vardapetyan listed.
In other words, the General Prosecutor presents the cases of death of conscripts in the border guard troops of the National Security Service among the cases registered in the RA Armed Forces, while in this case, the responsible is the director of the Security Service of the National Security Service and Nikol Pashinyan, to whom Andranik Simonyan is directly subordinate.
168.amin 2025 on July 26 «Another case of suicide of a conscript soldier was registered again in the military unit of the structure directly subordinate to Pashinyan. who is to blame with the text in the article referred to 2025 on April 25, one of the divisions of the border guard troops of the RA NSS of Syunik marz death of a conscript soldier in case the second case was recorded in July of the same year. Both cases were suicides.
As for the army, RA Defense Minister Suren Papikyan in 2026. in January had announced that in 2025 had a service-related death 6 cases, of which 1 of lightning, 1 for electrocution, 2-ը՝ suicide All 2due to health problems.
“In the period from January 1 to December 31, 2025, 30 servicemen died, but this does not mean that all 30 deaths are victims. It is also about biological deaths. And 24 are the cases of death in circumstances unrelated to the service, including from diseases, various accidents, at home, due to conditions of traffic violations, due to accidents. I call on my fellow MPs and politicians not to become a vehicle for death and mourning, that is not a good thing,” Papikyan elaborated.
Let’s return to Anna Vardapetyan and remind that in the army in 2023 he too in connection with the related cases errors allowed, this time a number different from the official number of the Ministry of Defense was given. And this was personally acknowledged by the Prosecutor’s Office 54instead of was noted 22: And right here, let’s go back to what the Attorney General mentioned 27 to the number
2025 In April, Anna Vardapetyan, referring to the events in the army, had noted.
“2024 During this period, 27 cases of death of servicemen were recorded in the RA Armed Forces due to circumstances related to servicemen’s service. Let me remind you that the number in 2023 was double: 54 cases.
By the way, 2023 of the RA government program (2021-2026) about the execution process and results in the report is noted. “During 2023, 19 people died in the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia in combat conditions, and in non-combat conditions: 64 soldier”.
And now, how the Prosecutor’s Office perceives Anna Vardapetyan’s mistakes, confusing wording, or whether or not they will admit that it can lead to manipulation, is their problem. We only present the facts, only the facts.
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