ArmInfo. Anna Mkrtchyan, press secretary of the deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the ruling faction "Civil Contract", Khachatur Sukiasyan, denied the reports of the Russian media about the theft of diamonds from the company "ALROSA" and their delivery to a company associated with the deputy.
"Today, the Russian press spread disinformation that a group that stole diamonds from ALROSA and allegedly supplied them to the company of the RA NA deputy Khachatur Sukiasyan has been arrested in Russia. I would like to inform you that this is another piece of fake news, it has nothing to do with reality and is completely fabricated. This is a continuation of the previous disinformation that Khachatur Sukiasyan is allegedly going to buy Electric Networks of Armenia for subsequent resale to the Turks. The scenario is the same, and I think that there will be more such news. One could say that an information war has been declared. I repeat once again, this news is disinformation," Anna Mkrtchyan noted.
The official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia Svetlana Petrenko told RIA Novosti that security forces detained a gang of thieves who stole diamonds from ALROSA for smuggling to Armenia, among those detained is a company employee. During the visit, about 200 thousand carats of rough diamonds, money and jewelry were seized. As the agency reported,
The organizers of the illegal activity are two Armenian citizens who are wanted internationally for smuggling rough diamonds.