I knew that my case is being directed by [PM] Nikol Pashinyan's gang; it was obvious. But I did not expect that to the extent that his legal advisor Anna Vardapetyan would direct the investigators, take on the role of prosecutor, investigator, judge, and executioner. Armenia’s former MP, businessman Ruben Hayrapetyan stated this during a program.
"If the justice [system in Armenia] does not take appropriate steps and does not punish the investigator and her, as I am also a Russian citizen, I will apply to the Russian law enforcement, and they will open her e-mail very quickly. (…). I will wait for 5-6 days; if they [the Armenian justice system] do not take steps, I will apply to the Russian law enforcement," added Hayrapetyan.
According to Ruben Hayrapetyan, his and his son's criminal case is a joke. Presenting the criminal case against his son, Rafik Hayrapetyan, he said that it all had started in the beginning of 2016, when he had health problems, his son—who knew foreign languages—dealt with those matters, talked to foreign doctors, made appointments, etc. But after the April 2016 war, his condition worsened, and therefore he and his family left for Germany where he underwent an operation, but was unable to move freely for 3-4 months. During that time, the director of his son's enterprises in Armenia took loans of more than 60 million drams, bought a taxi service, furniture, jewelry for his girlfriend, and so on.
"My son did not resort to violence, nor did he apply to the law enforcement. He tried to persuade to return the money; he returned a part," said Ruben Hayrapetyan.
According to the businessman, the then Chief of Police Arman Sargsyan instructed to discredit Rafik Hayrapetyan, put pressure on his friend's bride-to-be to say that he had tried to rape her, and so on.
"Immediately after your publication, the prosecutor's office should have confiscated the computers of the so-called 'Anna Vardapetyan' and the investigator; in a normal country they should have done that. There are so much things in that computer," added Ruben Hayrapetyan.
