Charges brought against head of department at Brusov State University

ArmInfo.  A criminal case has been opened against the head of a department at Brusov State  University for bribery. This was reported in a statement by the  Anti-Corruption Committee.

The statement notes that as a result of investigative measures  carried out by the National Security Service of the Republic of  Armenia, as part of a criminal case opened by the Anti-Corruption  Committee, it was established that an official of Brusov State  University, using his official powers, accepted a bribe for  patronage.

Specifically, the preliminary investigation revealed that the  official in question orchestrated the granting of unscheduled leave  to two faculty members in the same department during the academic  year, dividing the teaching hours between other faculty members. In  exchange, he received various amounts of money from them as bribes in  October 2025. Furthermore, the department head accepted a bribe from  a graduate student to secure his dissertation defense, receiving a  gold jewelry item from him in December 2025.

The department head has been charged under Article 435, Part 2,  Clause 3 (3 counts) of the Criminal Code, and the three faculty  members who bribed him have been charged under Article 436, Part 2,  Clause 3 of the Criminal Code. As a preventive measure, the  department head has been banned from attending lectures and suspended  from his position.

The preliminary investigation of the criminal case has been  completed, and the case materials, along with the indictment, have  been sent to the supervising prosecutor with a motion for its  approval and referral to the court.