168: The years of Taron Chakhoyan and his wife working at “Proshyan” cognac factory

Taron Chakhoyan, the former director of the “Public Relations and Information Center” of the Prime Minister’s Office, who was called the “head of the factory of official fakes” in a number of press publications, was appointed as Pashinyan’s deputy chief of staff from 2021. Today, he is already a deputy of the CP.

How did Chakhoyan close the year 2025 and with what achievements did he enter the year 2026 and reach a new position, we learn from the declaration.

Thus, in his declaration, Taron Chakhoyan mentioned one minor living together, his son, and two adults: Ani Chakhoyan, a lecturer at YSU, and Diana Karapetyan, an accountant at “Proshyan” cognac factory LLC.

As immovable property, the official declared the apartment he bought in the capital in 2009 and owned as a sole owner, and as movable property he declared the 2017 Mercedes car he bought in 2023.

Taron Chakhoyan also informed that he has a deposit of 10 million drams and bank account balances increased by half a million drams at the end of the year, the total volume of which was around 6 million 350 thousand drams.

Another 1,365,000 AMD was made up of “bank account balances acquired on behalf of, for the benefit of, or at the expense of, the declarant, owned by a third party, or the balances of those bank accounts (excluding deposits) from which the declarant actually receives benefit or manages it.”

During the year, his cash resources fluctuated within the range of 7 million drams, and the income of 19,771,916 drams for the reporting year, 2025, was generated from the salary received from Pashinyan’s staff and or from other payments equal to it.

By the way, according to the 2022 declaration, for example, he declared 4 million drams in the bank deposits section, and at the end of the year, the amount of the deposit reached 6 million drams, he had 4 million 800 thousand drams in his bank account.

Chakhoyan presented 3,500 dollars in the section of balances of bank accounts acquired on behalf of the declarant, on behalf of the declarant, and owned by a third party.

As cash, the former deputy head of the Prime Minister’s Office had 4 million 135 thousand drams at the beginning of the year, and 6.9 million drams at the end of the year.

He also received 15,234,794 drams from the RA government.

Taron Chakhoyan’s wife, Diana Karapetyan, stated in the 2025 declaration about the right to purchase a jointly owned apartment, the value of which was stated at AMD 24,024,000. the developer is Ord Development LLC.

By the way, according to open publications, the son of the owner of this company, Levon Ordukhanyan, Samvel Ordukhanyan, was one of the donors of CP in 2025.

Chakhoyan’s wife mentioned a bank deposit of 10 million drams, as well as bank account balances, the total volume of which at the end of the year was about half a million drams.

Diana Karapetyan’s 7.8 million drams in cash at the beginning of the year amounted to 27 thousand drams at the end of the year. His income of 4,880,276 drams for the reporting year was made up of 865,760 drams received from Hrant Chobanyan, 3,132,230 drams received from “Proshyan brandy factory”, 356,995 drams received from “Apex Building Care”, and received from “Mrgashen” wine-brandy factory: 525,291 drams from wages and/or other payments equal to it.

The total amount of Diana Karapetyan’s loan principal amount was 30,025,986 drams. he did not mention the names of the lenders and the purpose of the loan.

By the way, Diana Karapetyan’s main workplace, “Proshan brandy factory”, according to open source publications, participates in fundraisers of KP and “My step” fund. According to the latest information, the Proshyan brandy factory donated 3 million drams to the “My step” fund.

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