Ex-military official charged over faulty gear import![]() April 2, 2025 - 13:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - General-Colonel Movses Hakobyan is facing a new criminal prosecution. According to the accusation, during his tenure, an act of official negligence led to the import of unusable military equipment from Russia to Armenia in 2017, reports 1lurer.am . In addition to Hakobyan, Major-General Armen Harutyunyan, the former head of the Armed Forces' Rocket and Artillery Troops Department, has also been charged in connection with the same criminal case. The prosecution states that the supply contract was signed by Hakobyan, resulting in Armenia acquiring military hardware valued at more than 4.3 billion drams. Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Partner news |