Armenia’s Prosecutor General Office (PGO) wants to confiscate one billion drams (US$2.482M) from former Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan, claiming she purchased several properties with illegally acquired funds.
The DOJ says Boyadjian, and her associates in Armenia, acquired fraudulent performer certificates and organized staged photo sessions of people wearing Armenian folk outfits to appear to be traditional Armenian performers.
Simonyan’s remarks follow a similar call for a new constitution made by Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan on January 19 in a speech at the Ministry of Justice.
The greatest threat right now is to the Armenian cultural heritage sites on territories that have passed to Azerbaijan’s jurisdiction, because of the country’s documented policy of zero-tolerance for Armenian cultural remains.