Nikol Pashinyan Extorted Money Through Blackmail from the Aviation Department: Hasmik Manukyan

Facebook user and former employee of the Aviation Department, Hasmik Manukyan, writes:

“Let me tell you another fact about Nikol Pashinyan's disgraceful past: Nikol Pashinyan has also extorted money through blackmail from the Aviation Department, managing to have his newspaper bought and placed on aircraft. But let me start from the beginning. I worked in aviation from 1999 to 2001. It was a difficult time; we were trying to gradually revive the sector, but there was a newspaper that targeted us purposefully, writing dirty lies; even the acquired high-quality aircraft were blackened, claiming they were poor and worn out, along with other falsehoods.

After several such publications, when we approached to clarify and request a denial to be published, we were told that Nikol was dealing with this issue, as the owner of the newspaper. To make a long story short, in the end, the Aviation Department began paying Nikol a monthly bribe of $300, which was an enormous amount for that time, and he blackmailed us into the situation where we started buying his newspaper and distributing it on the aircraft. This is the whole truth. And now my heart bursts that this shameless liar has put on the mask of a virgin! You are the first thief and corrupt one, Nikol.”