Friday, August 7 2020 16:49

ArmInfo.  A petition has been  submitted to the court for the arrest of former Mayor of Yerevan,  former Head of the Commission on Regulation of Public Services Robert  Nazaryan. The Special Investigative Service confirms this  information.

Earlier the SIS provided details regarding the arrest of  ex-mayor of  Yerevan,  former head of the Commission on Regulation of  Public  Services Robert Nazaryan, who is suspected of committing an  act  stipulated by part 2 of Article 308 of the RA Criminal Code.  Thus,  Nazaryan, under the pretext of encouraging the development of  hydropower in the RA, on September 16, 2011 received a government   decision "On the proposal to establish maximum capacity for small   hydropower plants", in fact, made with the aim of establishing   benefits for Dzoraget Hydro LLC, owned by  son-in-law of ex-  President  of the RA Serzh Sargsyan  Mikael Minasyan. Nazaryan,  without proper  expert research and analysis of the proposed changes,  ignoring the  water resources available in the RA and, as a result,  the statistics  of the construction of hydroelectric power plants,  through the  competent department of the Commission, developed a  draft  corresponding decision. As a result, "Dzoraget Hydro" was  registered  in the list of small hydropower plants, taking advantage  of the  opportunity to sell electricity at higher and more stable  tariffs,  and as a result received 7,052,065,099 drams from  individuals and  legal entities that consume electricity in Armenia.

To recall, in the criminal case concerning the Dzoraget hydroelectric   power plant ("Dzora HPP"), the accused is former head of the RA   Defense Ministry Seyran Ohanyan, who is suspected of embezzling   property in the amount of 1,046,400,000 AMD. Last fall, RA Prime   Minister Nikol Pashinyan called on Mikael Minasyan to return to his   homeland and answer questions from the Special Investigation Service.