Friday, March 10 2017 12:11

ArmInfo.According to the order of Armenian President Serzh Sargsayan, Oleg Yesayan is dismissed from the post of Armenian Ambassador in Russia, and within another order of Armenian  President this post is to be occupied by Vardan  Toghanyan.

According to Wikipedia, Toghanian is the  chairman of the board of  directors of the Eurasian Media Group.  Toghanian in 2014 became a  shareholder of Shogakn, which deals with  the processing of diamonds.   According to the State Register of legal  entities of the Republic of  Armenia, "Sirun Diamonds" LLC was registered in Armenia in 2015,  which is one of the projects of  "Shogakn". Toghanian shares the  shares with another owner of Shogakn,  the head of the investment  department of the well-known Russian  company Aton Aharon Papoyan and  Vahagn Abgaryan, who lives in Russia. Toghanian graduated from the  Historical Faculty (Department of  International Relations) of  Yerevan State University and defended his Ph.D. thesis at the Yerevan  State University. In 2001 he graduated  from the Institute of  Socio-Political Studies of the Russian Academy  of Sciences.  1995-1996 trained at the Center for International  Studies at the  University of Osaka (Japan); 2000 - at Harvard  University (USA).  Candidate of Historical Sciences, Doctor of  Political Sciences. He  is the author of more than 10 scientific works  and monographs  devoted to the problems of development of the New  Independent  States, regional and international conflicts, problems of  national  tolerance. Speaks English and Japanese. In 1992 - 1994 worked in the  permanent representation of Armenia in  Moscow as the chief  specialist, in 1994 - 1995 in the Armenian  Embassy in Russia -  second secretary, 1996-1997 was the first  secretary of the  administration of the CIS countries of the Armenian Foreign Ministry,  1997-1998 - first Secretary of the Armenian Embassy  in Russia,  1998-2000 - an adviser to the Armenian Embassy in Moscow. It is  remarkable that Toghanian is mentioned in the "Panamanian documents"  containing information on companies registered in offshore  and the  people behind these companies.