The prosecutor`s office wants to confiscate the property of former MP Khachatur Sukiasyan.

ArmInfo. The Prosecutor's Office is demanding an extension of the seizure of real estate located at 16 Tigran Mets Avenue. This was reported in a statement by the supervisory authority's press service.

According to the source, on September 29, the Prosecutor General's Office, as part of its authority to protect state interests, filed a lawsuit in the Anti-Corruption Court against the State Property Management Committee, LLC, and CJSC. Demanding, among other things, an extension of the seizure of real estate located at 16 Tigran Mets Avenue, Yerevan (formerly 43 M. Khorenatsi, Ayrarat Cinema).

The Prosecutor General's Office's claim is based on the fact that, as of January 14, 2017, investments in the amount of $1,550,000, equivalent to the amount of the privatization transaction for the privatization of real estate located at the specified address, had not been made.

By a decision of the Anti-Corruption Court dated October 5, 2026, the claim was accepted for consideration, and by another decision of the same day, a measure to ensure the enforcement of the claim was applied. The LLC is prohibited from taking any actions that could lead to a change in the actual or legal status of the real estate located at the following address: Tigran Mets Avenue, 16.

It should be noted that this cinema, formerly known as "Russia," is owned by the family of Khachatur Sukiasyan, a former member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the ruling Civil Contract faction. The cinema has long since lost its status and currently houses a fair. Armenian law enforcement agencies are conducting large-scale proceedings to return to the state historical properties illegally privatized in the 1990s and 2000s. The Prosecutor General's Office has already attempted to challenge the Sukiasyans' rights to another of their key buildings in central Yerevan, the Sil Plaza business center, but in January 2025, the Anti-Corruption Court rejected the state's claim and left the building in the Sukiasyans' hands. At the same time, the prosecutor's office is demanding the return of land from other movie theaters, such as the "Moscow" movie theater, to the city. Against this backdrop, the public and the press regularly discuss the possibility that the "Rossiya" movie theater, privatized in 2004 for the relatively small sum of $500,000, could be the next target in the prosecutor's sights.