The prosecution is currently reading the indictment during Tuesday’s Yerevan court hearing on the criminal case against second President Robert Kocharyan and former deputy prime minister Armen Gevorgyan—who is now an MP of the opposition “Armenia” Faction in the National Assembly of Armenia.
According to this indictment, in 2008, businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan had petitioned—through then-FM Vartan Oskanian—to Armen Gevorgyan, then-head of staff of then-President Robert Kocharyan, and Gevorgyan had instructed the then-minister of nature protection to assist Hambardzumyan.
Hambardzumyan was issued a license to explore the subsoil. After that, according to the contract of March 25, 2008, all the shares of her company were sold for $40 million to a company registered in the UAE. But to get consent for this deal, at the end of January, she had petitioned—through Oskanian—to high-ranking Armenian officials—including then-President Robert Kocharyan—, and agreed to transfer the respective bribe so that she would not be hindered in carrying out the aforesaid business deal.