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ORAGIR.NEWS: Ararat Mirzoyan’s Wife No Longer Wants to Be a Queen — She Wants to Be Mistress of the Seas

Representatives of the “honest” people who once promised to take the trolleybus to work and struggled to pay off a vacuum cleaner in installments are now conquering new horizons of spending.

Thus, Gohar Abajyan, the wife of Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, who, for reasons and by means unknown, was appointed director of the Investment Support Center Foundation, is presumably supposed to be engaged in attracting investment to Armenia.

Although there has been no news on that front, the expenses on official vehicles at the institution headed by Abajyan have reached astronomical figures: AMD 2.5 million has been allocated for the maintenance of just two cars, while AMD 390,000 has been allocated for car washing.

We should add that, like “any self-respecting Civil Contract member,” Gohar Abajyan has also decided to get her coffee money from us — that is, from the state budget — purchasing AMD 156,000 worth of coffee for that purpose.

P.S. Perhaps our surprise is misplaced, because if officials are not working, logically, they should drink coffee. But it would be better if they did not do so at our expense.

ORAGIR.NEWS

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“CivilNet.” The Volume of Gambling in Armenia Has Increased 53-Fold in 8 Years: The True Scale of Gambling Addiction Is Unknown

According to a study by CivilNet, the online gambling market in Armenia continues to expand rapidly. In 2017, the volume of internet betting was AMD 138.5 billion, while in 2025 it had already reached AMD 7.4 trillion. Over eight years, it increased by approximately 53 times. In the first eight months of 2026, the amount of betting reached AMD 5.4 trillion.

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“168.am.” How Cheap Russian Gas Is Sold to the Population in Armenia at a Price Nearly 2.2 Times Higher

Amid discussions surrounding a possible increase in the price of imported gas, 168.am has addressed Armenia’s gas tariff policy, presenting how Russian gas purchased at a preferential price at the border reaches the population at a price nearly twice as high, while substantially lower tariffs apply to certain sectors of the economy.

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Manicures at the State’s Expense: How Much Armenian Taxpayers Pay for the Everyday Comfort of Pashinyan’s Family

More than AMD 621 million is spent annually from the state budget on maintaining Armenia’s government residences. Calculated on a daily basis, this exceeds AMD 1.7 million. But this amount is not spent solely on the maintenance and security of the residences, utility payments, and upkeep of the surrounding areas. As Hraparak has found, through the “Government Residences Management” SNCO, the personal needs of the families of high-ranking officials are also covered, including the manicure and pedicure expenses of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s wife and daughters.

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Yerevan Municipality Appropriated “Multi Wellness” Property

According to a publication by Pastinfo, Yerevan Municipality has changed its official position regarding the property of the “Multi Wellness” sports and wellness center owned by Gagik Tsarukyan. While in July the municipality confirmed that the gym’s movable property had been entrusted to it for safekeeping and was not community property, it now claims that the gym belongs to the municipality.

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Arpine Hovhannisyan: Bank executives receive hundreds of millions of drams annually, but banks do not provide information on expenditures for protecting citizens’ financial funds

The remuneration of bank executives in Armenia can reach hundreds of millions of drams annually, while citizens have no information about how much financial institutions spend on protecting their money from fraudsters. This issue was raised by lawyer and former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Arpine Hovhannisyan, who presented the responses to her inquiries addressed to Armenia’s 18 banks.

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