The prosecutor initiated a public criminal prosecution against Gagik Tsarukyan. This was reported to 1lurer.am by the RA General Prosecutor’s Office.

“Criminal prosecution has been initiated under Article 290, Part 3, Clause 2 of the Criminal Code (particularly large-scale tax evasion). The ban on absenteeism was chosen as a preventive measure,” added the prosecutor’s office.

Earlier, news spread that PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan tried to leave the Republic of Armenia from “Zvartnots” airport today, June 9, but the law enforcement agencies did not allow him.

 In response to these publications, PAP speaker Iveta Tonoyan informed that Gagik Tsarukyan had planned a 2-3-day visit with his wife in advance, strictly for personal and family purposes.

“When Gagik Tsarukyan was informed at the passport control point of the airport that it is necessary to clarify some circumstances, he replied that there is no need to clarify anything, and if it can give rise to different interpretations, then he refuses the trip and returns home,” Tonoyan wrote.

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