Armenian police chief says no officials’ sons among detained gang membersSeptember 29, 2011 - 13:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian police chief Alik Sargsyan has officially denied that the members of the gang detained recently in Yerevan are sons of local officials. He said that media representatives made conclusions after calling to various police departments and attempting to find out the possession of license plate numbers of the cars related to the investigation. On September 23 morning, Armenian police officers conducted an operation to neutralize a 5-member gang suspected of committing grave crimes. 4 gang members were arrested and one got smashed up after falling from the rock he attempted to climb when escaping. All of gang members were reportedly sons of Armenian officials and oligarchs. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |