“168 Hours” has published many articles on the murder of Armenian spy Gurgen Markaryan in Budapest, as well as his bank account. Currently, the bank account is 135,000 AMD. After the opening of the bank account, MP and businessman Gagik Tsarukyan has given 10,000 dollars to the Markaryan family. Besides Mr. Tsarukyan, the “Vega” electronic appliances store administration called “168 Hours” and wished to transfer money to the Markaryan family, as well as the family presented in the article entitled “If we had money, we would have kidneys”. The representatives of the “Vega” store also transferred money to the Markaryan family and said that they felt the need to meet with the Markaryan family and visit them from time to time. During an interview, vice director of “Vega” Robert Khachatryan said that they mainly focused on the Markaryan family and the family with no kidneys when doing charities because the death of Gurgen Markaryan must be painful for any Armenian. In his words, that is “national”. The store representative also recalled the child, who needs help.
“We read your articles and decided to lend a helping hand. We believe that it’s more important to show some attention rather than to give financial aid. Azerbaijan declared that murderer a hero, but let’s take the moment and imagine how Gurgen’s parents must be feeling when they see that the person who killed their son is declared a hero. What we are doing is more of psychological help to show that we are with the Markaryan family and share the pain of Gurgen’s death. The family is still in shock and you can feel that when you speak with his mother and brother. Nobody can dare to not draw some attention to the death of Gurgen after seeing some of his pictures. Gurgen was a strong man.”
After visiting Gurgen’s family, the “Vega” representatives went to visit Armen, who suffered from a kidney illness and also provided money.