Iravunk: ‘Grey Wolves’ accompanied by NSS employees in Armenia

Lieutenant General Romik Harutyunian was recently relieved of his post as first deputy director of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) by a decree of President Serzh Sargsyan.

Citing a number of press reports, ‘Iravunk’ paper says that the visit of Turkish nationalist Hasan Oktay advocating the extermination of the Armenians may have been the cause of R. Harutyunian’s dismissal. A supporter of Grey Wolves organization, Hasan Oktay has paid several visits to Armenia and was accompanied by NSS employees during one of his visits.

According to other sources of the paper, R. Harutyunian was dismissed because almost a ton of heroin was quietly smuggled into Armenia quite recently.

Sources in the national security system say that Arzuman Harutyunian may be appointed first deputy director of Armenian NSS.