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Civilitas Analyst: "They've charged Oskanian of money laundering without understanding what it means"

At a discussion held yesterday in Stepanakert entitled “Elections in Armenia and the Conflict” moderator Tatoul Hakobyan was asked about the current state of the criminal investigation into Vardan Oskanian.

Hakobyan works as a poltical analyst with the Yerevan-based Civilitas Foundation originally established by Vardan Oskanian. The discussion was organized by Civilitas and the Artsakh Foreign Affairs and Security Public Council.

Hakobyan responded that it was a difficult topic ad one he found unpleasant to talk about.

“The case has been dragging on for nine months. They have accused Oskanian of money laundering without any proof and without an understanding of what money laundering actually means. They can’t make that charge stick,” Hakobyan said.

The Civilitas analyst added that tax officials had carried out six audits of the foundation’s books and haven’t come up with even a 100 Dram infraction.

“Now they are examining other things, like how many litres of gas were used, 18 or 20? The case has degraded to this level from its former lofty goals which were certainly politically motivated. Hopefully it will all end soon.”

Hakobyan reminded the crowd about the case of former RA Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanian, who was also accused of the same charge.

“They charged Arzumanian with money laundering as well. That money was sent to Arzumanian by his friend in Moscow. After spending time in jail, they returned that money back to him. In other words, they returned the money for which he was jailed in the first place.”

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