The prosecutor`s office wants to confiscate the property of the former Armenian ambassador to the Vatican

ArmInfo. Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to the Vatican Mikael Minasyan (son-in-law of third President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan - ed.), his wife Anush Minasyan, as well as Armen Petrosyan, Bagrat Sargsyan, Avraham Sargsyan, Aram Mnatsakanyan, Boris Golovanov, Gennady Romanenko, Vazrik Sekoyan, Tigran Yeghoyan, and Tigran Safaryan have been summoned to the prosecutor's office.

The supervisory authority's published notice states that an investigation is underway into the property belonging to Mikael Minasyan and persons associated with him, and that a preliminary report has been compiled on the investigation's findings. "You have the right to appear within one month from the date of receipt of this notice at the Department for Confiscation of Illegally Acquired Property of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia (50 Tigran Mets Avenue, Yerevan) to review the materials collected as a result of the investigation, including materials related to the criminal case on which the investigation is based, to state your position, and to submit an application. Based on the above, you are invited to the Department for Confiscation of Illegally Acquired Property of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia (50 Tigran Mets Avenue, Yerevan) on October 9, 2026, at 3:30 PM. If you are unable to appear on the specified date and time, please call 010-511-662 in advance to arrange a date and time," the statement reads.

As a reminder, Mikael Minasyan is wanted and has been charged with a number of criminal offenses in various years. According to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia and published court materials, the main charges include: money laundering (legalization of property obtained by criminal means) in especially large amounts, participation in illegal business activities, involvement in business management while holding a public office, creation and management of a criminal organization together with a number of persons, fraud, bribery, anti-competitive activities and other economic crimes in especially large amounts, which became the basis for new criminal cases in 2024. In the Dzora HPP case, he is charged with involvement in the process of alienation of state property and the subsequent laundering of funds received from it. Separate cases also considered the issues of the acquisition of shares of Yerevan Mall and the legality of financial transactions through offshore companies.