Russian citizen sought by U.S. leaves Armenia for MoscowAugust 31, 2016 - 13:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian man wanted by the United States for alleged money laundering and illegal arms sales has left Armenia after being briefly detained in Yerevan, RFE’RL reports. A lawyer for Sergey Mironov said on Wednesday, August 31 that Mironov had departed from Yerevan on a flight to Moscow. Mironov was detained on August 26 at Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport at the request of the U.S. government. But a court in Yerevan on August 29 dismissed a motion by Armenian prosecutors for Mironov to remain in custody to face proceedings for possible extradition to the United States. An international arrest warrant issued by U.S. authorities in May 2016 charged Mironov with money laundering and illegally transfer of military technology from the United States to an undisclosed foreign country. Mironov is an employee at the Moscow office of Synesis, a company developing high-tech video surveillance and computer-based business intelligence. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |