A Friend Of Lukashenko Has Been Detained In Armenia

He is accused of tax evasion.

A criminal case has been opened in Armenia against the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" party Gagik Tsarukyan, who is accused of tax evasion on a particularly large scale, according to news.am.

Tsarukyan attempted to fly out of Armenia today, but law enforcement authorities prevented him from doing so. His party failed to enter parliament in the last election, garnering less than 4% of the vote. In fact, he fell short by 20 votes of making it into parliament.

“Criminal proceedings have been initiated under paragraph 2 of part 3 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code (tax evasion on an especially large scale). A travel ban has been imposed as a preventive measure,” reads a statement from the Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office.

Gagik Tsarukyan and Alexander Lukashenko maintain close ties—Tsarukyan calls him “his friend.” The Belarusian Embassy in Armenia is located near Tsarukyan’s mansion in the village of Arindzh on the outskirts of Yerevan.

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