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Anna Hakobyan Wore a Watch Worth $5.5 Million (Photo)

7or.am writes:

What did the Prime Minister’s wife, Anna Hakobyan, do that allowed her, within two years, to afford to wear a watch worth $5.5 million

Could this be the magic wand Prime Minister Pashinyan was talking about? Let those who discuss the wealth of Gagik Tsarukyan, who has worked for decades, answer my question.

Government representatives discuss Tsarukyan’s wealth and try to spread the idea among the public that Tsarukyan became rich with your money.

And this is despite the fact that decades ago the Tsarukyan family worked hard, and Mrs. Roza herself, despite being of respectable age, does not complain even now and continues to work.

Alongside all this, explain to me where the logic is when the wealth of a person who became rich as a result of working day and night is criticized, while this person, having held no office for two years and effectively only heading a charitable foundation (or perhaps being the Prime Minister’s wife is already an official position in our country, I don’t know), is able to wear a watch worth $5.5 million. Where did that much money come from? Aren’t you, respected Anna Hakobyan, the actual person who became rich with the people’s money?

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