Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan announced that he has already been questioned as part of the ongoing investigation into the Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF). Speaking during a press briefing after a government session, he stated that he had shared all relevant information with investigators, Panorama.am reports.
“I shared specific financial figures during my three-hour press conference. None of the civil society representatives or investigative journalists responded to the numbers I presented,” he said.
Avinyan noted that the figures he disclosed challenged key narratives surrounding the case. “There’s been zero engagement with the data I released—just derivative speculation. It’s unserious,” he remarked.
David Papazyan, former director of ANIF, is under a detention order and will be placed on international wanted list, according to Armenia’s Investigative Committee. Avinyan served as chairman of ANIF’s board of directors from 2019 to 2023. Until now, it was unclear whether he had been questioned in the case.
