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Former Yerevan mayor Gagik Beglaryan was arrested today following charges filed against him in 2025 of money laundering and abuse of official powers.

Beglaryan served as Yerevan mayor from June 2009 until his resignation in December 2010. Beglaryan also served as Armenia’s Minister of Transport and Communications (2012-2016).

Former Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan Arrested Former Yerevan mayor Gagik Beglaryan was arrested today following charges filed against him in 2025 of money laundering and abuse of official powers.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in a phone call with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on June 3, announced that the European Union is preparing a new package of support for Armenia, in light of Russia’s restrictions on Armenian goods.

The EU support package includes immediate financial assistance, worth over 50 million euros.

EU to Provide Armenia with €50 million in Support to Counter Russian Restrictions By extending export restrictions on Armenian products, Moscow is weaponizing economic relations for political pressure.

After money tied to a notorious Russian tax fraud slipped into Armenia's financial system unnoticed by regulators, the victim is stepping in to demand an immediate asset freeze.

Shortly after the Swiss Supreme Court ordered the confiscation of funds tied to the notorious Magnitsky tax fraud, the money quietly vanished. In April, Europe’s top human rights watchdog sounded the alarm, revealing that millions of dollars had been drained from Swiss accounts and redirected into financial institutions in Armenia and Israel.

But despite the explicit warning from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), authorities in Yerevan took no visible action.

Armenia Asked to Freeze Magnitsky-Linked Funds After money tied to a notorious Russian tax fraud slipped into Armenia's financial system unnoticed by regulators, the victim is stepping in to demand an immediate asset freeze.

Armenia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs police today arrested Alik Aleksanyan, a senior member of Samvel Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia Party, on suspicion of money laundering and paying citizens to attend the businessman’s election rallies.

Armenia’s Investigative Committee (IC) reports that a motion will be filed in court to remand him in custody during the investigation..

Police Arrest Strong Armenia Party Senior Member for Money Laundering Armenia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs police today arrested Alik Aleksanyan, a senior member of Samvel Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia Party on suspicion of money laundering and paying citizens to attend the businessman’s election rallies.