The billionaire owner of a Russian steel company and two basketball teams has been detained in Cyprus on charges of being involved in an alleged US $65 million fraud, local media reported Thursday.
Aras Özbiliz, an Armenian footballer born in Istanbul who now holds dual Dutch and Armenian citizenship, will not have to serve in Armenia’s military so that he can play for Armenia’s national team in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
The ministry says the Artsakh Defense Army only responded when absolutely necessary.
Boris Mourazi, president of Armenia’s Sinjar Yezidi National Union (SYNU), has written an open letter to Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, complaining that no officials from Sinjar were invited to a meeting with the prime minister on the topic of Armenia’s minorities.
Armenia’s government today backed a bill proposed by Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtchyan to allocate 60 million AMD (US$124,000) to the Youth Foundation of Armenia.
Vardan Ayvazyan, a Republican Party MP in Armenia’s parliament and Chairman of the Standing Committee on Economic Issues, has invested thousands of dollars in Tbilisi businesses and real estate without noting them in his financial disclosures.
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