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Prosecutor brings criminal charges against Nalbandyan and Ghazaryan

First reported by 24news.am: 13:25

Updated 20:35, 28 sources

Justice. Photo: prosecutor.am, cropped
Photo: prosecutor.am, cropped

The prosecutor's office has initiated public criminal prosecution against Narek Nalbandyan, founder of the "88" supermarket chain, and David Ghazaryan, head of the Spayka company. Both are accused of anti-competitive activity aimed at causing property damage on an especially large scale, and Ghazaryan is also accused of extortion on an especially large scale. A ban on absence has been imposed on them as a preventive measure.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: 24news.am · 13:25 · Opposition

Pro-government 4 / 6 First: Armenpress, 30 min later
Balanced 8 / 14 First: Radar Armenia, 16 min later
Opposition 14 / 20 First: 24news.am, 13:25

Foreign outlets: 3, first: Sputnik Armenia, 13:55

Timeline as a list
  1. 24news.am (Opposition)
  2. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  3. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  4. News.am (Opposition)
  5. Infocom (Balanced)
  6. Tert.am (Opposition)
  7. Factor (Balanced)
  8. Ararat News (Balanced)
  9. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  10. Hraparak (Opposition)
  11. Aravot (Balanced)
  12. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  13. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  14. Mediahub (Opposition)
  15. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  16. Panorama (Opposition)
  17. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  18. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  19. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  20. Caliber.az (Foreign)
  21. CivilNet (Balanced)
  22. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  23. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  24. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  25. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  26. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  27. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  28. Azernews (Foreign)
  29. FreeNews (Pro-government)

All sources

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