Facts on the illegal transfer of arms, equipment and military property by Russian Federation to the Republic of Armenia

1. The illegal transfer of weapons by Russian Federation to Armenia from January 1993, to December 1996, i.e., after the completion of military property parcelling belonged to the former USSR:

 The indicated data are not complete and not final.

The whole process of weapon, engineering and military property transfer was implemented without any bilateral agreement.

Parts of weapons and engineering were transferred according Directives of General Staff, signed by the former Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, General Army I.Kolesnikov:

• Directive of General Staff No.316/3/0182 of 29.09.94, on transfer from 102nd military base located in Gumry 25 T-72 tanks with spares of 13 kinds;

• According Directive No.316/3/0220 of August 18, 1995 and 8/824 of September 25, 1995, 55 T-72 tanks were granted to Armenia;

• Directive of General Staff No.316/3/048 dated 26.02.1996, on transfer of 4 T-72 tanks and 50 BMP-2.

• Moreover, the Republic of Armenia has received missile-artillery complex, air-defence systems, missiles, ammunition and other military property.

Particularly, according to the Directive No.561/16/831 of August 8, 1995, of Russian Federation GS of the Armed Forces 50 MP-38, 20 82 mm AGS-17 grenade launchers, 300 PK machine-guns, 10000 submachine-guns were transferred to Ministry of Defence of Armenia.

According Directive No.16/338 of November 23, 1995, the followings were transferred from the Group of Russian troops in Transcaucasus (GRVZ) to the Defence Ministry of Armenia: 12 D-30 howitzers, 4 BM-21, 50 (14,5 mm) KPVT machine-guns, 3 (12,7 mm) NSVT machine-guns, 40000 (14.5 mm) B-32 bullets, 64000 BZTA bullets, 110000 MDZ bullets, 10000 (12.7 mm) B-32 bullets as well as 7 fifth category howitzers.

On the basis of the encoded telegram No.2234 of November, 23 1995, signed by Kolesnikov, the followings were transferred from GRVZ to Armenia: 100 (14,5 mm) KPVT machine-guns, 20 (12,7 mm) NSVT machine-guns, 20 (12,7 mm) DSK machine-guns, 30 (12,7 mm) NCV machine-guns, 4 BM-21, 12 D-30 as well as third category of ammunition: 50000 (12,7 mm) bullets, 260000 (14,5) bullets, 2420 (125 mm) shells for tank cannon D-81.

In accordance with Directive No. 561/16/457 of March 11, 1996, 4 mln. bullets and 5000 MRV-U fuses were transferred from GRVZ to Armenia.

By the Directive of General Staff No.503/23-26 of July 20, 1996, 85 tons of spares were transported by 5 IL-76 planes from airport of Chkalovskaya.

Azerbaijan has also reliable information that Armenia possess R-17 operative-tactical missile complexes able to carry nuclear warheads. In order to prepare specialists, 20 officers and ensigns from Military Unit No.51556 of the MoD of Armenia, names of whom are known, had a training for practical learning to work with these complexes in the Training Center "Kapoustin Yar" of Russian MoD. After the completing the course one missile was launched.

Big amount of transfers were carried out even without relevant Directives of Russian GS AF.

From August 1992 to January 1994 66 IL-76 flights and two AN-12 flights transported about 1300 tons of ammunition from airport of Mozdok to Yerevan.

From November 8 to November 28, 1995, and from June 28 to August 6, 1996, 31 AN-124 flights and 13 IL-76 flights have transferred 50 T-72 tanks, property and spares to them, 36 D-CI howitzers, 18 D-20 howitzers, 18 D-1 howitzers, 18 "Grad" multiple missiles systems, 40 portable "Igla" anti-aircraft systems and 200 missiles for them, 12600 shells for the mentioned guns, including 1440 for "Grad" systems from airport "Jasmine" (Akhtubinsk, Russia) to airport of Zvartnots (Yerevan, Armenia).

The property was shipped to Akhtubinsk by six troop-trains: tanks from Omsk, ammunition from Volgograd, artillery from Irkutsk, Sverdlovsk, Perm oblast (areas).

Delivered weapons were transferred further to Nagorny Karabakh where the acceptance of the armoured vehicles, optic and electronic equipment and other weapons was done by Colonel Slava Ucnunts, Deputy MoD of so called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" and Marat Garibian, Head of antitank unit at the armament factories in Nijniy Tagil, Sankt-Peterburg and other cities of Russia. During the indicated period the most updated military engineering were delivered to Armenia. In 1994 Armenians received surface-to-air system "Tunguska" which was installed in Khankendi, Nagorny Karabakh. All these explains the reason of appearance of magnificent amount of weapon and engineering on the occupied by Armenia territories of Azerbaijan:

Thus, there are:

• Battle Tanks - 316

• Armoured Combat vehicles - 324

• Artillery Pieces - 322

on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan which exceed the envisaged for Azerbaijan maximum level for CFE TLE.
At the end of 1993 and beginning of 1994 T-72 battle tanks and ACVs transferred to Armenia by Russian Federation were captured in the course of combat activities on the territory of Azerbaijan:

    Arms supply by Russia to Armenia in 1998

On December 15-16, 1998, during a visit of Colonel-General A.Kornukov, Russia's Air Force Comander-in-Chief, to Armenia there were agreements reached in the field of Russian-Armenian Military Cooperation. In particular, they agreed on:

• the concrete technical issues to strengthen Russian Military base No.102. located in Armenia, and to establish within it a new air-groups;

• further updating of air-defence system's work, including equipment by using modern types of weapons, for example, S-300 surface-to-air systems;

• permanent basing of Russian MiG-29 on the territory of Armenia.

Ten MiG-29 fighter aircrafts were delivered to Armenia in December 1998 and February 1999. At the same time, a anti-aircraft missile systems S-300 were delivered to Armenia.

Approximate cost of MiG-29 in world weapon market is more than 10 mln. US dollars

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