How the News of Judge Azaryan's Plagiarism Was Disclosed

In August-September 2018, a citizen visited the Supreme Attestation Committee and stated that he had information indicating that Judge Alexander Azaryan's thesis was plagiarized. This was reported today at a special session of the National Assembly's Permanent Commission on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth, and Sports by the Chairman of the Committee, Smbat Gogyan.

“He checked on the spot and saw that there were indeed plagiarized sections. He requested a report from us, which we did not provide, stating that we had no official relations. A few days later, we received an inquiry from 1in.am via our email, asking us to compare the thesis. It was already clear that this individual was the one who had provided the information. We simply responded that there were matches in the text. After that, a long time passed until these developments unfolded. I should note that it is not the case that the Committee deliberately leaked the information, and I will say that all scholars know who wrote whom's thesis and how,” said the chairman of the Committee.

Furthermore, Smbat Gogyan revealed that he knows who wrote whose thesis and what the exchanges were, but has never disclosed that information.

It is worth noting that today’s session of the National Assembly is focused on the topic “Legislative Solutions for Combating Plagiarism,” regarding which media and political circles have commented, indicating that the discussion will pertain to the scientific work of the Court of Appeals judge Alexander Azaryan.

Recall that Azaryan is the judge who released former President Robert Kocharyan from detention.

Earlier, the head of the Supreme Attestation Committee, Smbat Gogyan, announced on H1 that Judge Alexander Azaryan of the Court of Appeals had copied part of his 160-page thesis from the thesis of the Court of Appeals President Vazgen Rushtun.