The air ticket for the RA Foreign affairs Minister Edward Nalbandian and his wife, Natalia Nalbandian, to visit Moscow and back cost 1 million 392 thousand drams. RA Foreign Minister and his wife left for Moscow on a working visit, on November 14-16, by business class. We learned about this information from the “one-person purchase” section posted on the government website. Ministerial spouse ticket was purchased from “Empire Travel” airline. On October 4-5, Edward Nalbandian, again has left for Moscow on a working visit, this time his ticket cost more than half a million, 547 thousand drams. This time, the ministry staff purchased the ticket from “Armenia Travel + M” airline. From the same source, we are informed that the General Administration of Civil Aviation has paid 90 thousand drams for two floral compositions. National Security Service has received 440 thousand drams from the state budget for disinfection service through smoke.
The government had paid 13 million 820 thousand drams for buying special flights services. On November 20, the Government staff traveled to Yerevan and Ashkhabad and back. The Ministry of Defense had organized a dinner of 578 thousand drams. The Defense Minister has transferred the amount to “Zinar” CJSC for providing the DM Central Food base with food from November 6 to 16. The air ticket purchased for Human Rights defender Karen Andreasyan cost 810 thousand drams. On November 18, Human Rights defender has left and then returned by Yerevan-Vienna-Thessaloniki-Vienna-Yerevan flight. His ticket was purchased from “Paul AIRTOUR” airline. As to what kind of tickets was used for the Defender to fly, the report says nothing about it. Ministry of Urban Development has paid 190 thousand drams for cleaning services of fur products. Under the name of fur services, the Ministry of Urban Development had cleaned the rugs and carpets of the ministry by paying 600 drams per square meter. In the industry of energy, for discussing issues of bipartite partnership with the Russian Federation, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Yervand Zakharyan’s and Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Areg Galstyan’s visit to Moscow on 30-31 October 2014 did not also cost low to the state budget. The air ticket for the two officials cost more than one million drams.
LUSINE BUDAGHYAN
