  Top Armenian military officials arrested over low-quality supplies May 31, 2016 - 11:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chief of Armenia's Defense Ministry armament department, General Mels Chilingaryan, as well Colonels Mher Papyan and Armen Margaryan were arrested late on Monday, May 30, advisor to the chairman of the Investigative Committee Sona Truzyan confirmed, according to Aravot. Truzyan said the arrests were part of two separate criminal cases, including accepting low quality supplies and purchasing goods at inflated prices. Another military from the department of armament, Colonel Davit Abrahamyan was earlier charged with abuse of power. Abrahamyan hasn't been arrested.   Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
