Between two stones. Ruben Hayrapetyan's former employee speaks frankly

Yerevan / Los Angeles - February 17, 2023 Artur Harutyunyan, former manager of Bjni and Noi factories and Ruben Hayrapetyan's personal driver, who currently resides in the USA, recently told us remarkable details about Hayrapetyan's case and the problems he had related to it.

"I feel safe now and I can afford to speak openly," says Arthur.

Harutyunyan said that in the framework of the criminal prosecution initiated against Ruben Hayrapetyan, he was subjected to pressures, interrogations and physical violence for more than two years, not only by law enforcement agencies, but also by Hayrapetyan himself and his close circle.

Davit Aslanyan, one of his super partners, also had to flee from Armenia. He currently resides in Germany, where he applied for asylum.

It was this incident that forced Arthur to flee from Armenia a day ago.

Despite the past trials, Harutyunyan tries to look ahead. "I hope that whoever committed a crime will definitely be punished, although I don't believe it much, but most of all I just want to live without fear and find a safe future for my children," concludes Artur Harutyunyan.

According to him, after the initiation of a criminal case against his former employer, he was repeatedly invited to interrogations, where they tried to extract information related to Hayrapetyan's businesses, connections and activities with the former authorities with violence, pressure and threats.

Meanwhile, Hayrapetyan openly threatened to kill anyone who said a word about him.

During one of the interrogations in 2021, Artur was subjected to violence in the department for refusing to give false testimony about Hayrapetyan.

Searches, kidnapping and continuous interrogations have become a nightmare in Artur Harutyunyan's life.

Feeling a serious threat to his life, Harutyunyan had to flee from Armenia.

"I only had a few days left, I would either be condemned for being an accomplice in Harapetyan's dirty deeds, or Hayrapetyan's people would end my life," emphasizes Artur Harutyunyan.

Despite his fear, he tried to seek legal protection by submitting a complaint to the prosecutor's office, but that step not only did not yield results, but also deepened the danger, leading to new violence.

"At that moment, I realized that I will not find protection under the law," he says.

Artur also recalls with horror the case of another employee of the factory, Sahak Karapetyan, when he disappeared after being interrogated by the police in the same case, and there were rumors that Hayrapetyan had something to do with it.