Category: 2020

YEREVAN. – The mother and wife of Gurgen Khachatryan, co-founder of the Galaxy Group of Companies—and the son of ex-Minister of Finance and State Revenue Committee former chairman Gagik Khachatryan, have been called to the National Security Service (NSS). Pastinfo.am reported this, citing its source.

In addition, one of the drivers was detained, and several dozen employees of Galaxy were taken to the NSS.

Earlier, we reported that a search is underway at the home of Ara Khachatryan, the newly appointed director of Ucom, a mobile network operator and internet service provider in Armenia, which is part of the Galaxy Group of Companies.

On Tuesday, Gurgen Khachatryan announced that senior officials in the country had demanded to sell Ucom, but he added that they will not give in to these pressures and Ucom will not be sold.

This statement was followed by a large-scale investigation by law enforcement agencies, which conducted searches at the residences and business offices of the Khachatryan family.

In addition, a new charge was brought against Gurgen Khachatryan, and a motion to arrest him was submitted to the court.

YEREVAN. – The key issue when adopting measures of assistance was to locate the people who need assistance in the payment of utility bills. Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said this live on Facebook on Thursday evening.

And he called on the financially secure citizens of the country to become the “allies” of the government in this matter.

“Become an ally of the government so that we can close this matter 100 percent,” he said. “I conventionally call this ‘communal solidarity.’ If you have used electricity for the amount of 25,000 drams in February, 7,500 drams will be transferred to your account on Monday or Tuesday. But if you don’t need it, see who there is, for example, in your building, in your court yard, among your acquaintances and relatives who need that 7,500-dram utility expense, take it, pay for him. ”

Pashinyan called to “pay the acquaintance’s utility on behalf of the government.”