
Armenia
Gyumri mayor arrested on corruption charges amid standoff with government
Armenian authorities have previously promised a crackdown on Ghukasyan.
Armenian authorities have previously promised a crackdown on Ghukasyan.
They were purchased with funds whose legality could not be confirmed.
Investigators claim that actions of Tatyana Belyaeva caused damage to the regional budget amounting to more than ₽1 million ($12,000).
A court has remanded Major General Valery Golota and three of his subordinates to custody until the end of November.
Adnan Ahmadzada, a former SOCAR employee, has been remanded to four months of pre-trial detention.
The court ruled that while serving as a judge, he registered assets in the names of relatives.
Two of former Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze’s subordinates, as well as a ‘close relative’, were detained in the same case in July.