Wednesday, June 20 2018 14:59

ArmInfo. Former Defense Minister of Artsakh Samvel Babayan is sure that if searches are conducted  in the houses of former power-holding officials, the results will be no less shocking than during the search of the house of MP, General Manvel  Grigoryan.  

"I was always saying that they were all hicks in general's uniforms, but the fact  did not interest anyone at that time, but now everyone is surprised for some reason, it all has a  long history, they were robing the country for 25 years," Babayan  told reporters. Babayan himself was accused of attempting  assasination of NKR former President Arkady Ghukasyan, in an attempt  to smuggle "Igla" MPGM into Armenia and in financial frauds. 

Speaking about the possibility of participating in the early  parliamentary elections in Armenia, Babayan noted that he has not yet  decided on the plans. As for the possibility of returning to Artsakh,  Babayan repeated his recent statement: "If the authorities decide  that I should again act on  the site, I will do it. Not that I do not  want to go, but it is not me who decides that, but you. " To recall,  Armenian MP, Republican Party member, General Manvel   Grigoryan was  detained by NSS employees on June 16. In the framework   of a  criminal case under Part 2 of Article 235  (illegal circulation   of  weapons) of the Criminal Code of Armenia the NSS conducted a   search  in the  mansion and rest zone owned by Manvel Grigoryan on   June 16.  According to the source, the recreation area was turned into   a   weapons warehouse, a garage of dozens of retro and modern cars.     The  cottage in Aknalich village served for the general as a  storehouse for food, hygiene products, medicines, military uniforms,    on which was marked  "soldier rations". "From the letters in the    boxes addressed to servicemen, it is obvious that the contents of     the boxes are the help  sent for soldiers to the front line, in the    days of April war," the NSS press center reported. During the search    of Manvel  Grigoryan's mansion, three vehicles were found with    collections of modern high-priced cars, retro cars, motorcycles and   snowmobiles. A  number of off-road cars, provided for in the days of    the four- day war  for the Defense Army, and an ambulance car were    also found.  They were donated to the Defense Army by representatives    of the Armenian community of Russia, which Grigoryan registered as    property of his relatives and transported to his own vehicle fleet.