ArmInfo. Abuses amounting to $ 60 million have been revealed in the Armenian subsidiary of "Russian Railways" - "South Caucasus Railway" CJSC, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in Moscow according to the Kommersant newspaper.
According to him, the previously announced amount of tax claims by the Armenian authorities to the company at $ 19 thousand does not correspond to the facts. "According to my preliminary information, there are abuses of about $ 60 million," Nikol Pashinyan said, adding that the amount of claims was not announced, as law enforcement agencies are investigating the situation, and official information will soon be provided. Nevertheless, the Prime Minister stated that his words can be considered as official information.
The Prime Minister found it difficult to answer the question of whether the violations were committed by Armenian citizens or Russians. "This issue is in the competence of investigation. I can say that we do not have any disagreements with the Russian president on this issue," the head of the Armenian government stressed. "I told the Russian president what has happened, why it has happened, I can say that the Armenian government has full support of the Russian president on this issue." We will cooperate in this field and in other fields so that there will be no abuses in Russian companies that operate in Armenia. We have agreed that everything that concerns lawfulness and the fight against corruption can not be interpreted as an anti- Russian action, "Nikol Pashinyan said. To recall in mid-August, searches were conducted at the "South Caucasus Railway" CJSC. Under the agreement of 2008, the management of the railways of Armenia was transferred to SCR, owned by the Russian company Russian Railways.