The Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto agreed to pay a US$15 million penalty to settle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) the accusation that it had paid $10.5 million to a friend of former Guinean President Alpha Condé to
Police today arrested eleven individuals, including Yerevan Deputy Mayor Gevorg Simonyan, in a case involving the embezzlement of 119 million AMD (US$307,000) from a state-financed Covid-19 treatment program.
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Kristina Kvien today visited the approach to the Lachin Corridor in Armenia’s Syunik province and repeated U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call for its immediate reopening.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, in a press briefing yesterday, said Yerevan’s participation in conflict settlement negotiations with Baku can contribute to the "reduction of the current tension" between the parties.
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