Vanetsian

A newspaper controlled by the prime minister alleged in January that Minasian and Vanetsian have joined forces in a bid to topple him.

Armenia -- Former National Security Service Director Artur Vanetsian speaks to journalists outside the NSS headquarters in Yerevan, July 31, 2020.

Armenia - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian (L) and National Security Service Director Artur Vanetsian visit the Football Academy in Yerevan, March 25, 2019.

Artur Vanetsian, the former National Security Service (NSS) chief increasingly at loggerheads with Armenia’s political leadership, has been summoned for questioning in two criminal investigations, it emerged on Friday.

Meanwhile, leaders of several of the parties, including Hayrenik’s Artur Vanetsian and the BHK’s Gagik Tsarukian, were summoned to the National Security Service during the day.

Many of them have demanded the resignations of recently appointed team coach Abraham Khashmanian, Vanetsian and other FFA officials.

The head of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS), Artur Vanetsian, stated earlier this year that he now lives in Lebanon.