Monday, September 30 2019 15:39

ArmInfo.  Former head of the  Amulsar case investigation team, Yura Ivanyan, has been appointed  head of the Department for Investigation of Corruption Crimes and  Property Crimes of the Main Directorate for Investigation of  Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of  Armenia.

According to the press service of the IC, the head of the Department  for Investigation of Corruption Crimes, Property Crimes and  Cybercrimes of the Main Department of the Armenian IC, Yura Ivanyan  was relieved of his post and was appointed head of the Department for  Investigation of Corruption Crimes and Crimes Against Property of the  Main Directorate for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of  the Armenian IC.

As the head of the information and public relations department of the  IC of Armenia Naira Harutyunyan said, Ivanyan was not appointed to a  new position, but became the head of the reorganized management of  the IC of Armenia. <The structure he just headed was divided into two  departments. As a result of structural changes, the Cybercrime  investigation department was separated into a separate structure>,  Harutyunan wrote on her facebook page.

To note, the name of Yura Ivanyan began to appear in the Amulsar case  after a second wave of dissatisfaction with the possible resumption  of Lydian's work, in particular after the ELARD expert report and the  statement of the Investigative Committee and the head of the Amulsar  investigation team, who stated that there were minimal risks during  the operation of the Amulsar mine.

It should be noted that after the information published in the media,  it also became known that the Minister of Nature Protection, who in  2016 approved the reformed Amulsar operation project presented by  Lydian Armenia, is a relative of Yura Ivanian. It should be noted  that in 2016 Aramayis Grigoryan was the Minister of Nature  Protection. On September 2, 2019, an official investigation began  against the former head of the investigation group in the Amulsar  case, Yura Ivanyan.