 Russian citizen sought by U.S. leaves Armenia for Moscow August 31, 2016 - 13:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian man wanted by the United States for alleged money laundering and illegal arms sales has left Armenia after being briefly detained in Yerevan, RFE’RL reports. A lawyer for Sergey Mironov said on Wednesday, August 31 that Mironov had departed from Yerevan on a flight to Moscow. Mironov was detained on August 26 at Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport at the request of the U.S. government. But a court in Yerevan on August 29 dismissed a motion by Armenian prosecutors for Mironov to remain in custody to face proceedings for possible extradition to the United States. An international arrest warrant issued by U.S. authorities in May 2016 charged Mironov with money laundering and illegally transfer of military technology from the United States to an undisclosed foreign country. Mironov is an employee at the Moscow office of Synesis, a company developing high-tech video surveillance and computer-based business intelligence.   Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
