"The Square"writes:
"In the anti-corruption committee, under the veil of strict secrecy, a criminal case is being investigated, which is related to the apparent abuses that took place in the Department of Capital Construction and Troop Accommodation of the Ministry of Defense. We wrote about this at the end of the year, but we did not receive official confirmation from the investigative bodies. Today, the committee finally confirmed that there is such a case. "There is a similar case in the proceedings of the committee, there are defendants and arrested persons. The details will be published after the completion of the preliminary investigation," said the answer of the Anti-Corruption Committee.
According to our accurate, but unofficial data, 7 defendants, among them employees of the department, are involved in the kapshin management case. 5-6 of the accused are detained. Some of them are under house arrest. As a result, the work of the Capital Construction Department of the Ministry of Defense is currently paralyzed. Vahagn Stepanyan, acting head of the department, who was once close to Papikyan, does not show up for work. Most likely, he will be found guilty of corruption crimes. The Ministry of Defense responded to the inquiry of "Hraparak". "He was released from his position in connection with his transfer to another job, according to his own application."
In general, this fully corresponds to the leadership style of Prime Minister Suren Papikyan. If he can save those closest to him, then others answer for them, people of tertiary, quaternary order. This is what happened to the head of the bodyguard.
The scandalous incident, which was hidden for a long time and is being talked about in the corridors of the ministry, took place in September, during Minister Papikyan's visit to China. On the way back, the head of the minister's bodyguard on the plane insults the attendant, to put it bluntly, he tries to "lay his hand" on her. The woman complains, there is a noise. The head of Papikyan's bodyguard is trying to "turn" the events, to convince that the photographer S. Let G. take the guilt of the "akhrannik" on himself. However, the young man refuses, saying, "Why are you doing this to me, you did it, you answer, and in turn he makes a noise, complains and fights." After all this, the minister has to send the head of his security service back to the state security service, but he cannot digest the protesting attitude of the photographer and making noise. Before the New Year, the position of the photographer will be reduced: S. By dismissing G. from his job.
We tried to get clarifications from the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense Aram Torosyan regarding the incident. He said that he was not aware of such an incident.
"I have no information about such an incident. "Zinuzh Media" is undergoing structural changes, in the framework of optimization, to implement the works more efficiently. The ongoing reforms in "Zinuzh Media" are not caused by any incident, it is not only the position of the photographer that has been reduced. I consider it inappropriate to give other details about the structural changes at this time. The security of the Minister of Defense is ensured by the State Security Service," he said. To the question of how many workers of the cotton industry are detained and do not show up for work, he answered: "To get the mentioned information, it is necessary to apply to the body conducting the proceedings."
It is appropriate to remind here that a year ago, when a fire broke out in the Azat village barracks and 15 servicemen died, Papikyan blamed the command of the second army corps. Immediately after the incident, the commander of the 2nd army corps and 7 other high-ranking soldiers were relieved of their positions. At that time, the head of the military administration, who is one of Papikyan's closest people in the ministry, avoided responsibility. But it turns out that before the tragedy of Azat, the leadership of the corps, the military unit sent many letters to the Ministry of Defense capital construction and troop accommodation department, through which the soldiers informed the Ministry of Defense officials that the living conditions of the troops were very bad, they asked to build cabins, modules, something. to do, because the army is completely scattered among the houses. None of these houses are properly furnished, neither in terms of fire safety, nor in terms of providing heat, they do not meet the standards and none of the prerequisites that these buildings are ordinary village houses. However, the administration of Kapshin, Suren Papikyan, did not respond to the demands of the military and only after the tragedy began to blow dust in the eyes of the public, showing some modular cabins that the Ministry of Defense makes. Today, it is the turn of the government to become a scapegoat. There is no alternative, and the anti-corruption guillotine is approaching Papikyan, and they are already giving the oven to those close to him. After all, the main principle of the Ministry of Defense is that everyone is guilty, except the minister."
