Category: 2018

As a result of the supervisory work of the RA State Revenue Committee, another case of non-payment of particularly large taxes was revealed. This was reported by the information and public relations department of the RA SRC.

It was found that “Yeranav” and “Khach 9” SP companies engaged in the construction of apartment buildings in the Davtashen administrative district of Yerevan in 2015-2018. in the sales contracts concluded regarding the apartments sold during the period, lower amounts were included than the real values, as a result of which the real volumes of sales turnover of the companies were not reflected in the calculations-reports submitted to the tax authority, causing the state a particularly large loss of more than 350 million AMD.

In connection with the fact, a criminal case was initiated in the investigative department of the SRC under the features of Article 205, Part 2 of the RA Criminal Code. As a result of multi-scale investigative and judicial activities carried out by the investigators of the SRC investigative department, the real values ​​of the apartments sold by the companies were thoroughly revealed. With the combination of sufficient evidence, charges were brought against the managers of “Eranav” and “Khach 9” SP companies, and during the preliminary investigation, they were arrested on the basis of illegal influence on the witnesses in the case, falsification of materials important for the criminal case.

The company managers accepted the fact of tax evasion, voluntarily submitted adjusted calculations-reports to the tax authority, resulting in an additional tax liability of more than 425 million drams, of which 335 million drams have already been recovered from the state budget. In the presence of sufficient guarantees to restore part of the damage caused to the state and to restore the additional tax liabilities caused, the detention of selected preventive measures against the company’s managers was changed, and the restrictions applied to bank accounts were removed.

Arshak Karapetyan, the former head of the intelligence department of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, was appointed an adviser to the Acting Prime Minister of the RA Nikol Pashinyan yesterday. This news was ambiguously perceived, especially considering Karapetyan’s past.

Investigative journalist, editor of “Hetki” also referred to it Edik Baghdasaryan:

“Former head of the intelligence department of the Armed Forces General Staff, Arshak Karapetyan, has been appointed an adviser to Nikol Pashinyan. The number one responsible for so many victims in April 2016 is the military. He should have been punished, he was only released from his post. The Azerbaijani military launched an attack in different directions and there was no intelligence data. And now he is on the horse again, it’s crazy,” Baghdasaryan wrote on his Facebook page.

Media expert Samvel Martirosyan and, supplementing Baghdasaryan’s note, he wrote:

“I also say, where does the name come from?” Let me also remind you that the intelligence was not aware that Azerbaijan bought kamikaze drones from Israel. As a result, the military was not informed about their possible use. Which caused serious losses on our side. Even months before the press it was known that Israel sold them to two countries. Taking into account that the list of countries to which Israel supplies strike drones is not many, such a conclusion could be reached even without being the head of intelligence. 

To remind, Arshak Karapetyan was dismissed from the position of the head of the intelligence department of the RA Armed Forces General Directorate immediately after the April 2016 war. Since this February, he held the position of military attaché of the Armenian Embassy in Russia.

On December 17, an emergency incident occurred in one of the military units of the Ministry of Defense.

As reported by SHAMSHYAN.com, 19-year-old Andranik Hovhannisyan, a resident of Ararat Marz, who was drafted into the army by the Ararat military commissariat, was taken to the military hospital with a gunshot wound to the head.

According to current information, the hospital doctors managed to save the soldier’s life, but he is in the intensive care unit. An investigation has been started regarding the fact.

It should be noted that on December 16, another case of wounding of a serviceman was registered. The soldier was injured in 2018. on December 16, around 15:50, in the combat position of the N military unit, as a result of a fellow soldier pulling the trigger of the signal gun.

According to preliminary data, the serviceman was not aware that there was a signal missile in the gun, as a result of which the fired missile injured his fellow serviceman, a mandatory conscript soldier, private. Rafik Hakobi Vahanyan right eye.

The laboratories belong to Armenia and are civilian in nature. Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Anna Naghdalyan said in a conversation with Aysor.am, referring to the statement of the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin.

“I have to repeat once again that we are talking about the laboratories that ensure the improvement of sanitary control in Armenia, where exclusively Armenian specialists work. In the case of Armenia, there is no question of a military presence here,” Anna Naghdalyan emphasized.

Let’s remind that today the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin, referring to Sergey Lavrov’s statement about the biological laboratories located in the territory of Armenia, said:

“As far as I know, there is a dialogue between the Armenian and Russian sides about biological laboratories. This question worries us. The dialogue with the Armenian side is quite constructive, there is mutual understanding. There can be no question of any ban.”

It should be noted that earlier today, the Russian Foreign Ministry clarified Sergey Lavrov’s statement regarding the document to be signed with Armenia on the “absence of foreign military personnel in Armenia”, which he said in an interview to “Komsomolskaya Pravda” newspaper.

According to the official website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Lavrov said that he is preparing a document with Armenia that will guarantee the absence of foreign military personnel in biological laboratories opened with US support. “Their transparent activity will also be guaranteed,” he said.

Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received the personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprczyk.

The interlocutors discussed issues related to the negotiation process of the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The parties emphasized the implementation of steps aimed at creating the atmosphere necessary for mutual trust and the peace process.

Russian political scientist Ajar Kurtov, commenting on the statement of the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov on the preparation of a document guaranteeing the absence of foreign military personnel in Armenia, noted that, according to everything, we are talking about those countries to which Armenia does not have any contractual obligations either in multilateral or bilateral formats.

“Theoretically, another option is also possible, according to which Armenia will refuse the presence of any country, including the CSTO member states and even the Russian military. But I’m more inclined towards the first option. This may be due to the fact that in recent years the geopolitical rivals of the former Russian Empire and the countries that were part of the USSR are increasing their activity and trying to win those countries over to their side by any means, including promises to make them NATO members,” Kurtov said in an interview with rusarminfo.ru.

According to the analyst, the very fact of refusing the presence of foreign military can make such programs of third countries difficult to implement.

The Russian government has approved and presented to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin the draft of amendments to the CSTO regulations. It applies to observers and partners of the organization. 

According to the project, the procedure for becoming a CSTO partner will be simplified. For example, states and international organizations that are not CSTO members will be able to get partner status. Representatives of these countries will be able to cooperate with the organization and participate in practical activities.

Simultaneously with the changes, it was proposed to make additions regarding the norm of CSTO observers. In this way, observers will be able to be states or international organizations that will not even undertake to participate in the organization’s practical activities.

In addition, the Russian government proposed to the president of the country to sign a permit, which would allow not only the leaders of the country, but also the heads of the government to participate in the organization. This means that Armenia, which in 2018 made the transition to a parliamentary model of governance, will be able to continue its membership in the CSTO with the personal representation of the Prime Minister.

Former RA Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan submitted an application to withdraw from the Republican Party. The news was confirmed by Ruben Tadevosyan, the chairman of the RPA organizing committee, in a conversation with VERELQ.

“The application has been accepted,” he said.

According to the press, the 7,000 members who joined the party together with Karen Karapetyan will leave the RPA.

To remind, after the Velvet Revolution, Karen Karapetyan practically froze her membership in the RPA, and later announced at the meeting of the General Assembly of the RPA that she would resign from the position of the first vice-president of the Republican Party.

In October, it became known that he received an offer to join the board of directors of the Russian state oil company Zarubezhneft.