NEWS.am daily digest: 04.02.2020

Armenian News - NEWS.am presents a daily digest of Armenia-related top news as of 04.02.2020:

ARMENIAN FFA EX-BOSS APPREHENDED

Former President of the Football Federation of Armenia and ex MP Ruben Hayrapetyan was apprehended Tuesday on suspicion of illegal possession of weapons and ammunition, Police reported.

According to his attorney Amram Makinyan, Hayrapetyan was interviewed under the criminal case of misuse by the Football Federation of Armenia yesterday.

The lawyer recalled that journalists have already told him that the Investigative Committee has officially confirmed that the act of apprehension has nothing to do with the criminal case regarding the Football Federation of Armenia.

ARMEN SARKISSIAN’S SHARES

Armenian activists Adekvad congregation held a protest near the presidential residence. They learned from open sources that Armenian President and UK citizen Armen Sarkissian has a share in Azerbaijan's natural gas and oil infrastructures.

KARABAKH ARMY SOLDIER WOUNDED

Karabakharmy soldier Artur Dalakyan (born in 2000) sustained a minor gunshot wound at a military unit located in a southwesterly direction. According to preliminary information, as a result of violation of gun-use rules. An investigation is underway to find out the details of the incident.

VENICE COMMISSION HEAD

Venice Commission president Gianni Buquicchio expressed his concern in a statement on Monday over the events surrounding the Constitutional Court in Armenia, while sharing the concerns of the PACE co-rapporteurs.

He recalled the recommendations made in the opinion of the Venice Commission adopted in October 2019 that any early retirement scheme at the CC has to remain truly voluntary, exclude any undue political or personal pressure on the judges concerned and must be designed not to influence the outcome of pending cases.

KOSTANYAN ON MARCH 1

Armenian ex-Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan said he is ready to return to Armenia and publicly answer all the questions of the investigative body regarding the criminal case on March 1, 2008, as he had become an accused on charges of abuse of power and fraud.

On March, 2008 eight demonstrators and two servicemen of the internal troops were killed in the clashes during the protests.

Thus, according to him, if the Armenian authorities are interested in solving the March 1 case, he expects a positive response.

Meanwhile, Armenia’s special investigative service responded to his statement.

ARMENIAN THIRD PRESIDENT’S CASE

The criminal case against the Armenian third president, Serzh Sargsyan and others, has been taken into proceedings by Yerevan court of general jurisdiction.

Sargsyan is accused of facilitating the appropriation or embezzlement on an especially large scale.

Judge Vahe Misakyan will consider the case.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATES

The death toll of 2019-nCoV coronavirus reached 427, with 20 629 infected, of which 2790 (14%) were in critical condition.

The first death from a virus in Hong Kong was also confirmed: the deceased is a 39-year-old man, while yesterday, the first death outside China had been recorded in Philippines.

Meanwhile, what comes to Armenian citizens infected in China, the Armenian Embassy China has not received any information in this regard, said Mnatsakan Safaryan, Head of the North-East Asia Division of the Armenian MFA.

According to him, as of February 3, about 600 Armenian citizens responded to the information spread by the Armenian Embassy in China on the move to Armenia. They data were registered by the Armenian Embassy.

Armenia Police: Ruben Hayrapetyan apprehended on suspicion of illegal possession of weapons, ammunition

Armenia ex-football federation president interviewed under case of misuse by federation

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