Armenian Defense Ministry officially supplied ``Yerkrapah`` Union of  Volunteers with provisions for organization of army drills

ArmInfo. The Ministry of Defense of Armenia officially supplied the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union with provisions for army  drills. This was stated on June 18 by  Spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia Artsrun  Hovhannisyan. At the same time, as he pointed out, the Ministry has  no control functions over the distribution of the provided goods.

According to Hovhannisyan, during the last 20 years "Yerkrapah" has  been holding annual drills of army reserve. For this goal they have  applied to the Ministry of Defense and received the relevant goods.  It's a different matter that the goods received did not serve to  their purpose. At the same time, as the representative of the  department explained, the provision was provided by two legal ways  -for drills and for ensuring the needs of volunteers in the front  line. "During the April war, there were volunteer groups in Artsakh  and the Defense Ministry officially supplied them, that is, they  received provisions, clothing, etc.  As of today, I can not say which  part of the supplies, provisions and other goods that are found by  the NSS, were supplied by the Ministry. The investigation will show  it, "Hovhannisyan said.

Since the Ministry does not have control powers, in fact the Defense  Ministry had to take "Yerkrapah" on its word - the Union of  Volunteers was submitting annual reports to the Defense Ministry. As  for the weapons and ammunition found in Manvel Grigoryan's cottage,  according to Artsrun Hovhannisyan, they are not provided by the  Armenian Defense Ministry. "There were types of weapons that can not  be legal in any way, for example, I saw grenades in the video," he  explained. The Ministry has no connection to the goods sent by  civilians to help the servicemen during the April war. Meanwhile,  Artsrun Hovhannisyan hopes that all equipment sent to the army and  the equipment and food found by the National Security Service (if  applicable) will reach the Armenian Armed Forces.

To recall, Armenian MP, Republican Party member, General Manvel  Grigoryan was detained by NSS employees on June 16. In the framework  of a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 235  (illegal circulation  of weapons) of the Criminal Code of Armenia the NSS conducted a  search in the  mansion and rest zone owned by Manvel Grigoryan on  June 16. According to the source, the recreation area was turned into  a  weapons warehouse, a garage of dozens of retro and modern cars.   The  cottage in Aknalich village served for the general as a  storehouse for food, hygiene products, medicines, military uniforms,  on which was marked  "soldier rations". "From the letters in the  boxes addressed to  servicemen, it is obvious that the contents of  the boxes are the help  sent for soldiers to the front line, in the  days of April war," the NSS press center reported. During the search  of Manvel  Grigoryan's mansion, three vehicles were found with  collections of modern high-priced cars, retro cars, motorcycles and  snowmobiles. A  number of off-road cars, provided for in the days of  the four-day war  for the Defense Army, and an ambulance car were  also found. They were donated to the Defense Army by representatives  of the Armenian community of Russia, which Grigoryan registered as  property of his relatives and transported to his own vehicle fleet.