As a result of the preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated on 21.10.2021 in the RA Military Prosecutor’s Office under Part 2 of Art. 308 and Part 2 of Art. 375 of the RA Criminal Code evidence were obtained that the relevant officials of the RA Ministry of Defense and the RA Armed Forces abused their official position, violating the requirements of the RA Law “On Procurement” and the Decree of 04.05.2017. No 526-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, in the absence of a special or exclusive right to purchase a material means that is not a “necessary product for the provision of military equipment, ammunition and military-technical equipment”, carried out the procurement process from one person. As a result of this, on August 20, 2021 with an individual K.R. a contract worth 4.820.000 AMD was concluded regarding the purchase of 6 tents of the "UST-56" type.

 

In addition, it was found out that, without the mandatory characteristics provided for by the RA legislation regarding the subject of procurement, the indicated officials on May 22, 2021 accepted 261 tents from LLC without checking their quality. Then, instead of initiating the competitive process required by law for the purchase of tents, the procurement process was initiated and carried out from one person. Within the framework of this, on May 22, 2021 with a view to ensure consistency with the quality characteristics of the tents, they provided inappropriate and incomplete information, and also set high prices. As a result, on June 22, 2021 an agreement was signed with the LLC worth 7.605.000 drams regarding the purchase of 261 tents.

 

The above actions entailed grave material consequences.

 

Based on evidence obtained on December 2, 2021 Colonel of the RA Armed Forces A.T. was charged under Part 3 of Art. 375 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, the Deputy Commander of military unit N, then Colonel A.K. was charged under Point 1 of Part 3 of Art. 179 and Point 1 of Part 3 of Art. 216 of the RA Criminal Code.

 

  Against them, detention was chosen as a measure of restraint. These people were dismissed from their positions.

 

In addition, under Point 1 of Part 3 of Art. 179 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, the charge was also brought against the head of the service of the said military unit, T.P. under Point 1 of Part 3 of Art. 216, Point 1 of Part 3 of Art. 38-216 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia charges were also brought against K.R. and E.K. Against these three people, detention was chosen as a measure of restraint.

 

The Court of General Jurisdiction of First Instance of the city of Yerevan by its decision of March 23, 2022 rejected the petition of the body conducting the proceedings regarding the extension of the term of detention in relation to A.T.

 

The prosecutor supervising the legality of the preliminary investigation of the criminal case filed an appeal against the said decision of the court of first instance, which was rejected by the decision of 22.04 of the Criminal Court of Appeal.

 

The preliminary investigation is still in process.

 

Notice: Every person suspected in or charged with a criminal offense shall be presumed innocent unless proved guilty in the manner prescribed by the RA Criminal Procedure Code and unless the verdict comes into legal force.