We have been informed by Mihran Minasyan, who heads the anti-corruption department at the Office of the Prosecutor General of Armenia, that following our publication of the article Armenia Does Not Need Foreigners, a criminal case was opened on December 7, 2006 in accordance with Article 311 (Taking bribes) and Article 313 (Bribery mediation) of the Criminal Code of Armenia.
For six months now Alexander Shumovich, his wife, refugee Elvira Martirosyan, and their five-year-old daughter Alexandra have been living in the basement of the apartment building located at 43 Bagratunyats Street in Yerevan.