An Armenian businessman was the victim of an aggression on August 16 in Yerevan and was hospitalized for serious injuries. Arsen Avetisyan, the main shareholder of the Armenian national airline Air Armenia, which is going through a period of financial turmoil, attributed the attack to Hayrapetian henchmen, an oligarch linked to the government and known for its violence who heads the Federation Football of Armenia (FFA).
The businessman was attacked near a Yerevan restaurant sinister reputation, since three years before, bodyguards R. Hayrapetian it had beaten a man to death. Speaking to reporters from his hospital bed, where he is recovering from a broken nose and other serious injuries, A. Avetisian said that the attack occurred during a meeting with R. Hayrapetian in FFA headquarters on 15 August. “
R. Hayrapetian grabbed my hand and when I tried to free myself, someone started to hit me, “said the businessman broadcast on RFE / RL (Azatutyun.am) , adding that he could not see the face of her attacker who then struck him that he was already on the ground. “They then carried me elsewhere and Hayrapetian was still there and continued to talk to me,” continued the victim has not explained the motives of the altercation, reserving his explanations at a later response.
At the same time, his wife, Izabella Melkumian, sent an open letter to President Serzh Sargsyan in which it indicates that R.Hayrapetian and his bodyguards had kidnapped her husband after having molested. The attackers reportedly asked the officer of Air Armenia, the private airline which had just announced the conclusion of an agreement with a financial institution may rely on the waves, to sign a debt of gratitude to a very significant amount the powerful oligarch.
This letter has fueled speculation in the Armenian media that remind that the airline had to cease its activities, due in large accumulated debts.
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