A prosecutor's decision dated 29 August reshaped a case opened on 7 June and added a public one. The counts, as the committee lists them: an especially large bribe tied to two firms, Progress Armenia and Local Developers, with property taken in exchange; embezzlement of 174.6 million drams on an educational-center build in Dilijan; a scheme that moved Brusov University property worth 208.9 million drams; and laundering of 151.1 million drams.
“No reply from Yerevan has surfaced in the wires, a 5th day.”
The family file is open. In July the Anti-Corruption Court arrested his son Artem and a nephew in absentia. No custody ruling on Khachatryan himself had surfaced in the wires by 16:00 Moscow.
The case lands on an offensive that has already reached two former presidents and the Catholicos, and it adds the former chief of the revenue service to the same season's list. Moscow's highest-level comment remains Lavrov's 28 August remarks with their referendum demand. No reply from Yerevan has surfaced in the wires, a 5th day. Putin and Pashinyan were due to meet in Bishkek during the day, with Yerevan's EU plans on the Kremlin's published agenda, and no outcome had been printed by our close.