YEREVAN. – Hraparak daily writes: Since yesterday morning, police raided the regional offices of the [opposition] Prosperous Armenia Party and conducted a search. According to reliable information, they have been instructed to collect any details that could benefit the criminal case launched against [PAP leader, MP, and business tycoon Gagik] Tsarukyan.

And on Sunday, when the NSS [National Security Service] was searching Tsarukyan's mansion, simultaneous searches were carried out also at the facilities of his former and current close circles.

Not only Ishkhan Zakaryan [former chairman of the Audit Chamber], but also Abraham Manukyan— who, according to the motion of the Prosecutor General submitted to the NA [National Assembly], was the curator of distributing election bribes, the one who gives money—was summoned for questioning.

According to our law enforcement sources, both of them denied, saying that they were not aware of such a process, did not distribute money, did not have information about election bribes.