The Russian government has been forced to consider a public proposal to criminalize possession by officials of unexplainable assets, after a petition reached the 100,000 signatures required to be legally compelling.
Armenia’s Investigative Committee (IC) has launched criminal case regarding four citizens of China who were brought to Armenia under false pretense and made to work in the sex trade.
According Artak Shaboyan, who heads Armenia’s State Commission for the Protection of Economic Protection (SCPEC) the recent devaluation of the Armenian Dram has directly and immediately affected prices of imported goods in the country.
According to the 2014 Global Militarisation Index (GMI) conducted by the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), Armenia ranks 3rd overall out of the 152 states examined in terms of militarization levels.