"Zhoghovurd" daily writes:
"Karen Andreasyan resigned from the position of the president of the Supreme Judicial Council of RA "without scandal, bile and disappointment, and as the leader who has endured the longest in this toxic position". and now the BDC has a potential presidential candidate, BDC member and Bankruptcy Court judge Artur Atabekyan.
In 2004, Artur Atabekyan worked at the district administration of Arabkir community of Yerevan city as a first-class specialist of the communal economy department.
After 20 years, he became a judge and a member of the Supreme Court.
The revolution was also fruitful in Atabekyan's life. By the decree of the RA President on August 10, 2018, he was appointed a judge of the Bankruptcy Court.
In 2022, by the decision of the RA President, Atabekyan was appointed the president of the Bankruptcy Court for a three-year term, and in 2023 he was elected a member of the Supreme Judicial Council by the RA General Assembly of Judges.
In 2024, by the decision of the President of the Republic of Armenia, he was appointed a judge of the Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation. Now let's examine what assets Artur Atabekyan has.
According to the judge's declaration of property, income, expenses and interests for 2023, Atabekyan declared 6 immovable properties: 1 residential house, 1 individual residential house, 3 plots of land, 1 parking lot. The properties are located in the city of Yerevan and Sarigiugh of the Tavush region.
Atabekyan declared a 2019 TOYOTA brand car, which was purchased in 2022, as the means of transport available at the beginning of the given year.
Artur Atabekyan also declared one TOYOTA car, which does not belong to him by right of ownership, but is operated by him.
The balances of the judge's bank accounts amounted to 2 million 355 thousand drams, cash funds - 6 million 700 thousand drams.
The revenues of the reporting year amounted to 19 million 979 thousand drams, of which 16 million 194 thousand drams are wages from the Supreme Judicial Council of the RA.
Atabekyan declared 264,000 drams as income from other civil-law contracts, which he received from the Armenian Academy of Law Foundation.
As of December 31 of the reporting year, the balance of the principal amount of loans and borrowings received by the member of the Board of Directors amounted to 32 million 043 thousand drams, which is a mortgage loan for 2 apartments and 1 parking lot, for which he received 3 million 521 thousand drams from the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia according to the income tax refund law. income tax refund to pay off the mortgage loan principal.
Atabekyan, a potential candidate for the president of the Central Bank of Armenia, spent 3 million 500 thousand drams on travel expenses for his vacation.
4 million 049 thousand drams were allocated to the repayment of loans. Artur Atabekyan is a member of the Union of RA Judges."
