Vardan Oskanyan officially accused of money laundering

Ex-foreign minister of Armenia, parliamentarian from Prosperous Armenia Party Vardan Oskanyan is accused of money laundering and misappropriation basing on Articles 179 and 190 of the Criminal Code of Armenia.

The accusation was presented on October 8 when Oskanyan was called to the National Security Service for interrogation. Earlier Oskanyan declared he would visit the National Security Service in line with the summons, but would not give any testimonies on the "fabricated" case against him.

To recall, Vardan Oskanyan was deprived of deputy immunity on October 2. Prosecutor General Hovsepyan appealed to the Parliament for a permission to involve Vartan Oskanian as an accused party in the money laundering case against Civilitas Foundation. The appeal implies deprivation of deputy immunity, but not arrest.  Prosperous Armenia calls the case politically motivated. That is, the authorities exert pressure on the Party on the threshold of the presidential election. he criminal case against the Civilitas Foundation concerns the $2mln transaction for the sale of Huntsman Building Products, an Armenia-based company owned by US-based Polymer Materials and Huntsman International.