RF SENATOR LEVON CHAKHMAKHCHYAN ARRESTED WHEN TAKING A BRIBE OF US $300 THOUSAND
ArmRadio.am
05.06.2006 14:49
Levon Chakhmakhchyan, representing the Parliament of the Republic of
Kalmikia at the Russian Federal Council, was arrested when taking a
bribe of US$300 thousand. “Vzglyad” business paper informs that the
special operation was held on June 2 in Moscow. The money confiscated
from Levon Chakhmakhchyan was marked with special matter and it did
not make difficulty for security service employees to find out the
origin of these.
According to the data of the Federal Security Service, the confiscated
cash was just part of the bribe. The rest of the sum had to be
transferred to a bank account. The whole sum totaled US$1.5 million.
“According to “Interfax,” Chakhmakhchyan declared, “he touched neither
the money nor the bag, and he did not even know what was in it.”
Chakhmakhchyan’s son-in-law, assistant to the Auditor of the Counting
Chamber was also arrested. Chakhmakhchyan considers this is also part
of the persecution against him.
The above-mentioned special operation became a new link in the circle
of resignations at the higher Chamber of the Russian Parliament. To
remind, late in May Head of the Nenets Autonomy Alexey Barinov was
also arrested. He was charged with financial machinations, which cost
the state 19 million rubles.
Following this, three senators – Boris Gutin, Alexandr Adabashyan
and Igor Ivanov prematurely terminated their liabilities.
June 2 the Federal Council terminated the liabilities of Senator Arkadi
Sargsyan, representing the Parliament of the Republic of Khakasia.