Armenian former vice-premier denies charges 

ArmInfo. The criminal case brought against former Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia, member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Armen Gevorgyan is of a political nature. Gevorgyan himself wrote about this on social networks.

"Today, a message was circulated about the completion of the  preliminary investigation of the criminal case brought in connection  with the charges brought against me back in May 2021. This case,  which is entirely political in nature, has already been discussed.  However, they searched for a long time and carefully, but were unable  to actually link the charges to specific criminal events that simply  do not exist. As a result, they have assumptions, but no facts, and  where there are facts, there is no realistic explanation for them,"  the deputy noted.

He added that the seven-year struggle of the law enforcement system  with the property of his family and his wife's relatives is  reminiscent of the famous Don Quixote's struggle with windmills. "But  this fight has a deep meaning, and in the case of our law enforcement  officers it has simply become the embodiment of "revolutionary  justice", which has nothing to do with justice or the rule of law.  For example, it is neither fair nor moral to pass off as your own  property the property that in fact belonged and belongs to my wife's  relatives, considering them people without a past and biography.  Telman and Valery Saakyan are the main representatives of the famous  business dynasty of the Soviet and modern periods of Armenia and  Russia, they were actively engaged in economic and entrepreneurial  activities back when I was in school. It would be naive to think that  in this fight, investigators and prosecutors were guided by their  ideals and dreams, or did not know about the above circumstances. I  am sure that the modern Don Quixote would definitely tell Sancho: you  must realize that you bear personal and deeply moral responsibility,  even for your decisions, "made by others," the politician wrote.

The day before, the Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia issued a  statement according to which Armen Gevorgyan was charged charged with  money laundering in the amount of approximately 5 billion drams.  The  preliminary investigation revealed that in the period 2004-2018, the  above-mentioned high-ranking official and his close relatives  registered ownership rights to a total of 39 real estate properties  located in Yerevan and the regions of the Republic of Armenia, which  actually belonged to the above-mentioned official.