ArmInfo.The Investigative Committee revealed serious abuses on the part of a number of contractors engaged in construction work commissioned by the Armenian  Ministry of Defense.

ArmInfo. A protest rally is held in front of the Russian Embassy in Armenia demanding that a soldier of the 102nd Russian military base, accused of the murder of a Gyumri resident, be handed over to the jurisdiction of the Armenian justice.

ArmInfo. The government intends in the near future to restructure debts on loans of several thousand officers and warrant officers of the Armenian Armed Forces.   The Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan wrote about this  on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. Biolabs in Armenia  are exclusively for civilian use, spokeswoman for the Armenian  Foreign Ministry Anna Naghdalyan said at a press conference.

ArmInfo. The new government of  Armenia did not discuss with Russia the issue of documented  guarantees about the absence of foreign military in biolabs in  Armenia.

ArmInfo. In order to more effectively treat the wounded and injured soldiers from the beginning of December to today, 7 soldiers have been transferred from the  garrison hospitals to the Yerevan garrison clinical hospital and  civilian medical institutions of Armenia.  

ArmInfo. The Armenian Foreign Ministry reacted to the statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that Moscow and Yerevan are preparing a document that  should guarantee the absence of foreign military in biological laboratories in Armenia.

ArmInfo.The condition of 19 year old soldier Andranik Hovhannisyan, who received a gunshot wound to the head, is assessed as critical. This was reported to ArmInfo  correspondent at the Central Clinical Military Hospital of the  Ministry of Defense.

ArmInfo.The Sasna Tsrer party  has responded to the statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei  Lavrov, published by Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, that Moscow and  Yerevan are currently preparing a document that should guarantee the  absence of foreign military in biological laboratories in Armenia.In  particular, the party's statement says that such a treaty is strange,  since Russia in this case forces Armenia to actions related to its  relations with third countries.

ArmInfo. Moscow and Yerevan are  currently preparing a document that should guarantee the absence of  foreign military in biolaboratories in Armenia. This was stated by  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, December 17 on the air of  Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda.

ArmInfo.A serviceman of the Artsakh Republic Defense Army was wounded yesterday.

ArmInfo.The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia continues to reveal new cases of  non-fulfillment of contractual obligations to the RA Ministry of  Defense by supplying companies.Thus, according to the materials of  the case, in the period from 2013-2015 with the same company for the  repair of various parts of the same technical means 3 agreements with  the Ministry of Defense were signed. 

ArmInfo. The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev during a meeting with State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Stanislav Zas in Astana expressed  him support as a candidate for the post of CSTO Secretary General,  the press service of the Kazakh leader said on Thursday.

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ArmInfo. The Investigation Committee of Armenia opened a criminal case on the abuse of official authority and embezzlement on a particularly large scale on the part  of a number of employees of the Armenian Ministry of Defense.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, a call has been announced for military duty of medical service reserve officers. This decision was made at a government meeting on December 6.

ArmInfo. Russia refused to supply the Bal-E coastal missile system to Azerbaijan. According to the "Kommersant" newspaper, the delivery of the missile complex  failed because of the stance of the Russian Defense Ministry. The  Russian military considered that even an export modification of a  missile of this complex could carry a potential threat to the ships  of Russia's Caspian Flotilla located in the Russian territorial  waters.

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ArmInfo.A black box was found at the site of the crash of the Su-25 military aircraft of the Armenian armed forces. This is reported by the Investigative  Committee of the Republic of Armenia.According to the source, a  criminal case was initiated into the plane crash. In particular,  investigators are interested in the causes of the disaster.

ArmInfo. On 30 November Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on the 2019 winter draft and demobilization, the press service of the President  informs.