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Armenian agricultural export giant Spayka charged with tax evasion

by Armine Avetisyan

•3 min read

Armenia’s State Revenue Committee has initiated criminal proceedings against Spayka, a major exporter of agricultural products, and its director for failing to pay taxes. The State Revenue Committee (SRC) announced the charges on 4 April, and company director David Ghazaryan was arrested four days later. On 8 April, Ghazaryan was denied bail and remanded into two months pre-trial detention. According to a statement by the SRC, in 2014–2015, Spayka presented false documents to customs agen

Agriculture

The Armenian apricot mafia

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•6 min read

Armenia’s apricot farmers have had a bountiful season, but are unable to enjoy the fruits of their labour. They say that Spayka, an exporter with alleged connections to the president’s son-in-law, has captured the market — and is abusing its misbegotten power. [Read in Armenian — Հոդվածը հայերեն կարդացեք] Red lines Khachatur Abrahamyan lives in the village of Aralez in the Ararat region of Armenia. He regularly takes a dozen boxes of apricots, which he has grown himself, to one frui