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"Publication". Suren Abovyan, who was arrested in Vanadzor, is Mamikon Aslanyan's bodyguard

"Hraparak" newspaper writes: "According to our information, arrests took place in Lori Marz yesterday. According to preliminary information, the head of the architectural department of the Vanadzor municipality and a number of employees of the Vanadzor "Gloria" sewing factory, as well as the director, were arrested on suspicion of taking bribes. It is about 10 people. The director of the factory is Bagrat Darbinyan. In response to our question, the anti-corruption committee did not deny the fact, but only said that they have no comment at the moment.

We learned from the municipality of Vanadzor that in the morning NSS employees unexpectedly arrived at the municipality and took the head of the architectural department Suren Abovyan with them.

By the way, he is Mamikon Aslanyan's appointed staff and is also involved in Aslanyan's criminal case. We were told that they submitted a positive report on Abovyan from the condominium so that he would not be arrested.

As for the "Gloria" factory, this is the most Nicolaitan collective of Vanadzor, which did not go home from the street in 2018 and was one of the active participants of the revolution.

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