"Zhoghovurd" daily writes:
"Discovering the musical talent of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has cost the ruling party, as well as business donors, quite a lot. "Zhoghovurd" daily found out that more than 16 million drams were spent on that show-evening. In recent months, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been actively posting videos of himself playing percussion instruments on social networks.
His heartbeats were accompanied not only by the songs of Zemfira, Maroon 5, Eminem and other artists, but also by the songs of famous artists with his accompaniment. Pashinyan played percussion instruments, and later he informed about the music band he formed and invited him to the first concert of "Varchabend". Who participated in the concert of "Varchabend" formed by Pashinyan's musical group. He invited his teammates and pre-vetted and pre-registered participants to enjoy Varchaband's first closed performance at the Palladium Hall in Jrvezh on January 30.
"Zhoghovurd" daily turned to the RA Prime Minister's Office to find out the source of funding for the event and the amount of expenses. They informed that all expenses related to "Varchabend" were carried out by the "Civil Agreement" party. ArmLur.am has sent an official request to the party regarding this issue, and we will publish it as soon as we receive the answer. Before that, ArmLur.am contacted Palladium Hall as part of a journalistic investigation, without posing as a journalist, and found out the rates for holding an event in the hall.
In particular, in the case of a hall designed for up to 500 people, the cost of one participant starts from AMD 27,000.
According to this calculation, the service cost of the salon alone can be about 13.5 million drams. In addition, a separate fee of 600,000 drams is set for the use of musical instruments in the hall, regardless of who represents the group. The cost of the service of the 18-member musical group in the hall is another 1 million drams, for which it is also mandatory to pay. Thus, about 1.6 million drams are needed only for musical provision.
Together, it became 15.1 million drams or about 40 thousand US dollars, in the case of about 500 participants. This price includes high-quality vodka, fruits, soft drinks, 10-year-old "Akhtamar" brandy, 4 types of salad, 2 types of hot dishes, snacks. If we compare the amount spent by Nikol Pashinyan's band, we should note that it could simultaneously cover the monthly average of about 300 people.
But since Pashinyan can receive about 40,000 USD in one day from the RA state budget, it is legal that the prime minister can spend for a one-day party in our country with 21.7 percent poverty."
