ArmInfo. When you do something good, always expect bad things. Thus, a Russian businessman of Armenian origin, Ruben Vardanyan, responded to the question of an Armenian journalist regarding publications about frauds through the "Troika Dialog" company and the impact of the scandal around his name on the activities of the Aurora humanitarian initiative.
The businessman noted that such questions are pouring more fuel on the fire of anti-Armenian activities, which are being conducted by many countries. "Aurora's activity does not please everyone, I'll say more than many, it saddens you, and with such questions you help them. But I would like to emphasize once again that I have always worked openly and honestly, and I'm not ashamed to look into my father's eyes" said Vardanyan.
At the same time, he added that the Aurora has 137 goodwill ambassadors, and many of them are foreigners, and no one has refused to continue assistance after this scandalous publication, and continues its support.
To note, at the beginning of March of this year, a scandalous investigation of OCCRP was published, according to which the "Troika Dialog" bank, led by Russian businessman of Armenian origin Ruben Vardanyan, created a network of several dozen offshore companies. It is noted that through these companies money was withdrawn from Russia, including with the use of "criminal schemes". According to the investigation, the network operated from 2006 to 2013, and during this time about 9 billion dollars were washed and removed from Russia as a whole.
The investigation received the name "Troika Laundromat". The journalists had about 60 thousand financial documents that "leaked" from the Ukio Lithuanian bank, which was closed in 2013. The study of these documents shed light on numerous schemes and financial tricks. Thus, the network created by "Troika Dialog" included at least 75 interconnected offshore companies, some of which opened accounts with Ukio. The "directors" of many of these firms were ordinary seasonal workers from Armenia.
