NEWS.am daily digest: 15.06.2020

Armenian News - NEWS.am presents a daily digest of Armenia-related top news as of 15.06.2020:

UPDATE ON TSARUKYAN

Armenian National Security Service investigators on Sunday searched parliamentary opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader, MP, and business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan's mansion and the enterprises belonging to him.

The NSS issued later statements on three criminal cases involving the party's leader.

Accordingly, the first of these criminal cases is about illegalities at Casino Shangri La owned by Gagik Tsarukyan. According to the NSS statement, this gaming hall operated without a license, which caused more than AMD 29 billion in damage to the state.

The second statement was about vote buying during the 2017 parliamentary election.

And while Tsarukyan was still being questioned, the NSS disseminated a statement on a third criminal case. Accordingly, the officials of Arinj community—where Gagik Tsarukyan resides—of Kotayk Province had legalized the illegal structures on a 7.5-hectare agricultural land that was unlawfully leased and then had illegally alienated this land to "New" LLC belonging to Tsarukyan. And as a result of this illegality, about AMD 370 million were not transferred to Arinj's budget.

According to his lawyer Emin Khachatryan, the PAP leader was not questioned at the NSS under any of 3 criminal cases involving him

PROTESTS IN YEREVAN

In the meantime, protests have been held on Sunday in support of Opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader, MP, and business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan in Yerevan.

A total of 252 people were apprehended as they did not obey the lawful demands of the police to keep a social distance and to stop the rally in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

A criminal case has been launched.

COVID-19 SITUATION IN ARMENIA

Armenia confirmed Monday 397 COVID-19 new cases, bringing the total number to 17,064.

The total number of tests conducted so far is 83,600.

According to the latest data, 6,276 people —62 people in the last day—have recovered thus far.

In total, 285 patients—an increase by 16—have died.

FRENCH DOCTORS IN ARMENIA

The doctors from France are already in Armenia, and they have already started working at three hospitals on the COVID-19 frontline, The Office of High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs said in a statement.

“The doctors who had already undertaken the COVID-19 fight in France are in Armenia for the first time and will invest all their experience and knowledge in this crucial mission to save human lives."

ARMENIA EXTRADITES RUSSIAN

Armenia has extradited a Russian man Rolandi Azov wanted for fraud amounting to almost 800,000 Russian rubles. This was reported to TASS by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.

According to the respective investigation, Azov had received 766,000 rubles from his acquaintance in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, to deliver food from Greece to Russia, but he had hidden—taking the money, and he was declared wanted. In November 2019, it turned out that he was in Armenia.

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