"Zhoghovurd" daily writes:
"Yesterday it became known that the Appellate Anti-corruption Court overturned the decision by which house arrest was applied to Samvel Karapetyan, and he will be transferred again to the isolation cell of the National Security Service.
"Zhoghovurd" daily was informed that the decision to change the detention was made by Suren Khachatryan. What kind of journey has the RA anti-corruption court Judge Suren Khachatryan, specializing in proceedings on corruption crimes, made?
The judge started his career as a legal consultant, then a tax inspector. Being a native of Chambarak, Khachatryan worked as an investigator in the Dilijan investigative department of Tavush marz investigative department, then worked as a prosecutor for 8 years and came to Yerevan.
Since 2022, Suren Khachatryan holds the current position. What property does Suren Khachatryan have? According to the annual declaration of 2024, Judge Khachatryan, specializing in the proceedings on corruption crimes of the Anti-Corruption Court, declared 8 immovable properties: 1 apartment in an apartment building, 5 plots of land, 1 other immovable property attached to the land, 1 newly built, acquired according to RA legislation, and those buildings that have not yet received state registration of rights were registered and assessed by the authorized body managing the real estate cadastre.
7 of the 8 properties are located in Chambarak community, and the apartment is located in the Arabkir administrative district of Yerevan. The judge declared a HYUNDAI brand car available at the beginning of this year, which he bought in 2022 for 6 million drams.
The balances of Khachatryan's bank accounts amounted to 72 thousand drams, cash funds - 5 thousand dollars and 10 million drams, which decreased by 2 million drams compared to the beginning of the year. The revenues of the reporting year amounted to 45 million 151 thousand drams, of which 15 million 151 thousand drams are wages from the staff of the Judicial Department of the Republic of Armenia, 6 thousand drams from the Academy of Justice.
29 million 993 thousand drams from the income is a loan received from Ardshinbank. Compared to 2023, the salary of a judge in 2024 decreased by almost 3 million drams. As of December 31 of the reporting year, the balance of the principal amount of received loans and borrowings was 29 million 888 thousand drams, which is the balance of the principal amount of the apartment mortgage.
"Zhoghovurd" daily newspaper is informed that the judge bought an apartment in 2024 for almost 30 million drams.
Details in today's issue of "Zhoghovurd" daily.
