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.