How much do the frescos cost?
President of the "Asbarez" Journalists' Club NGO council L. Barseghyan sent an information survey to RA Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan. We present the content of the survey in its entirety:
Mrs. Poghosyan,
Guided by the RA law "On Freedom of Information", I ask you to please provide me with the following information:
1. Which frescos by well-known painters (Minas Avetisyan, Rafayel Atoyan, Hakob Hakobyan and others) belonging to the state are there in Gyumri? Which body registers them? Please provide names, locations and names of authors.
2. When, on what grounds and by which legal act(s) were the above mentioned frescos declared as state property?
3. In the past twenty years, who and what have they done to preserve the above mentioned frescos belonging to the state and defend them from many risks? Which subdivision or department of the Ministry of Culture has been in charge of preserving those frescos?
4. How much did the transfer, restoration and placement of Minas Avetisyan's two frescos transfered from Gyumri to the RA Government Home cost? Who or which organization was the contractor for the transfer, restoration and placement of those frescos? Who or which organization was the client for the transfer, restoration and placement of those frescos? Please provide me with the copies of all documents connected to the transfer and restoration of those frescos, if there are such.
5. How much did the transfer and restoration of Minas Avetisyan's two frescos taken from Gyumri to Yerevan on 10 June 2011 and to be transferred to Armenia Airports CJSC cost? What are the sizes of those frescos? Who or which organization was the contractor for the transfer, restoration and placement of those frescos? Who or which organization was the client for the transfer, restoration and placement of those frescos? Please provide me with the copies of all documents connected to the transfer and restoration of those frescos, if there are such.
6. Which are the legal grounds for taking the four frescos mentioned in points 4 and 5 of this survey out of the registry of Shirak regional council and moving them to another registry? Didn't the Shirak governor have any objections against the transfer of those frescos? By which documents is the lack of those objections established? Please provide me with the copies of those documents, if there are such.
