“The fight against corruption is not one-sided. People who have made corruption the meaning of their lives are fighting against us and very often they are fighting without any rules, without any moral principles. There is also one circumstance in that fight, which, unfortunately, is not written in any textbook: people who have made corruption the meaning of their lives are trying to strike your balance, to make you doubt whether it is worth sacrificing your life, time and health for the sake of that fight. In their opinion, the shortest way to throw you off balance is to strike your dignity. To strike with lies, with misinformation. "And how do we respond to disinformation, with facts?" - underlined the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, Anna Vardapetyan during a meeting with more than 40 students of the Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University on December 9, 2025, International Anti-Corruption Day.

During the discussion with the students in a question-and-answer format, Anna Vardapetyan spoke about number of issues related to the work carried out by the Prosecutor's Office to protect state interests and return illegal property and their results, the dangers of corruption, its forms of manifestation, good conduct and the effectiveness of the fight against corruption crimes.

The Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia thanked the students for initiating the meeting and for making the opportunity to talk about the challenges and obstacles encountered on the way to the fight against corruption.

Referring to the work carried out in the field of protection of state and community interests, Anna Vardapetyan noted that from January 1, 2025 up to date, the Prosecutor's Office, within the framework of the exclusive authority to initiate a lawsuit for the protection of state (community) interests, as well in the result of prosecutorial interaction, property worth of AMD 66 billion 250 million, equivalent to 174 million 545 thousand US dollars, including 3 kindergartens, a cultural center, a stadium, a natural monument, parks, land plots, and monetary funds have been returned to the state or community.

“Currently, 155 claims from the claims submitted to the Anti-Corruption Court by the Department for the Confiscation of Property of Illicit Origin of the Prosecutor General's Office, are under examination in the court. With these claims, we demand the confiscation of 1463 immovable properties, 325 movable properties, and participation in 440 legal entities of illegal origin in favor of the Republic of Armenia. The amount subject to confiscation is AMD 518 billion 471 million 605 thousand. During 2021-2025, the total claim value in cases of confiscation of property of illegal origin is about AMD 595 billion 873 million 393 thousand,” noted Anna Vardapetyan and added that a judgment has already entered into legal force, as a result of which the ownership right of the Republic of Armenia to two real estate properties with a market value of more than AMD 300 million was registered, AMD 23 million 150 thousand was confiscated in favor of the Republic of Armenia (the process of confiscation of AMD 55 million 788 thousand is in the stage of implementation).

According to the Prosecutor General, 4 settlement agreements were concluded in 2023 within the framework of confiscation of property of illegal origin, and 4 more were concluded in 2024. In the result of the conclusion of reconciliation agreements in 2023, 6 immovable and 1 movable property were transferred to the Republic of Armenia, the market value of which is AMD 2 billion 120 million, and the transferred funds were about AMD 80 million. “With 4 reconciliation agreements concluded in 2024, 1 immovable property (market value: AMD 2 billion 18 million 400 thousand), 1 movable property (market value: AMD 15 million 900 thousand), as well as AMD 845 million 134 thousand monetary means were transferred to the Republic of Armenia. In 2025, a reconciliation agreement was signed, according to which AMD 87 million 622 thousand should be transferred to the Republic of Armenia in installments. Out of AMD 87 million 622 thousand, AMD 59 million 405 thousand has already been transferred.”

In the scope of the visit to the Prosecutor General's Office, students of the Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University also toured the Museum of the Prosecutor General's Office, as well as the YSU Legal Laboratory located in the administrative building of the Prosecutor General's Office.