The Top Donors
RECOVERED FROM ARCHIVED FOUNDATION RECORDS
| DONOR | AMOUNT | RED FLAG |
|---|---|---|
| Kristin Simon (Manukyan Simon Foundation) | $1,000,000 | Largest single donor. Who is this? |
| George Baghumyan (PMA Venture Capital) | $600,000 | What does he want from the PM's wife? |
| Anonymous donors (multiple) | $900,000+ | Who gives $900K anonymously? |
| Ara Abrahamyan | $300,000 | President of Union of Armenians of Russia. Putin associate. |
| "Vitali Grigoryants" Foundation | ~$180,000 | Russian foundation. Who is behind it? |
| Electric Networks of Armenia | 33.5M AMD (~$70K) | Russian-owned utility donating to PM's wife |
| Digitain LLC | 1,000,000 AMD | PM's daughter Mariam worked here 4.5 years |
| Moscow Gala Event | 37.4M AMD (~$78K) | Fundraiser in Moscow |
| Javahir Tsarukyan | 12M AMD | Connection to Gagik Tsarukyan family? |
| Lilit Karapetyan | 3.8M RUB + 8M AMD | Persistent donor. Pays in rubles. |
Putin's Man: $300,000
DOCUMENTED
President of the Union of Armenians of Russia. Known Putin associate. Donated $300,000 to the PM's wife's foundation. The same PM who tells the world he's pivoting Armenia away from Russia. His wife takes $300K from Putin's man.
The Digitain Circle
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Digitain LLC donated 1,000,000 AMD to My Step Foundation. Digitain is owned by Vardges Vardanyan -- Armenia's gambling king who also owns TotoGaming.
The PM's eldest daughter Mariam Pashinyan worked at Digitain for 4.5 years. During that time, gambling in Armenia grew 17-fold.
The money flows in a circle: Digitain donates to the PM's wife's foundation. The PM's daughter works at Digitain. The PM's government doesn't regulate gambling until after his daughter leaves.
The Russian Paradox
WEST IN WORDS, RUSSIA IN PRACTICE
Pashinyan tells the EU Parliament he's moving Armenia toward Europe. Meanwhile:
- Both mystep.foundation AND annahakobyan.am route email through beget.com -- a Russian hosting provider
- The foundation launched its first international event at Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery
- Putin and Medvedev personally sent flowers to Anna
- Ara Abrahamyan (Putin associate) gave $300K
- "Vitali Grigoryants" Russian foundation gave $180K
- Electric Networks of Armenia (Russian-owned) donated
- Moscow Gala raised $78K
The PM speaks West. The money comes from Russia. The infrastructure runs through Russia.
The $900K Question: Who Are the Anonymous Donors?
ANONYMOUS
Over $900,000 in donations are listed as "anonymous." This includes a single $500,000 donation for a kindergarten in Meghri and a $300,000 anonymous donation with no stated purpose.
Who gives $300,000 anonymously to the PM's wife's foundation and asks for nothing in return? In any functioning democracy, this would trigger an investigation. In Armenia, the Prosecutor General personally blocks investigations into the ruling party.
The Foundation Is Now Locked Down
TECHNICAL EVIDENCE
The My Step Foundation website (mystep.foundation) now returns 403 Forbidden. Its robots.txt blocks ALL search engines and crawlers with an 86,400-second crawl delay. Only Facebook and Telegram preview bots are allowed.
The donor list we recovered was archived before they locked it down. They don't want anyone seeing this data anymore.
Where Is the Money Now?
Anna Hakobyan has been silent for 39 days. The foundation is under investigation. The website is locked. She collected a $1 million Zayed Award 23 days before the "separation." She enrolled at a university in China -- a country with no extradition treaty with Armenia.
Over $4 million in documented donations. $900K anonymous. Russian money. Gambling money. And now: silence.
Putin's associate gave $300,000 to the PM's wife. A Russian foundation gave $180,000. A Russian utility company donated. The PM's daughter's employer donated. $900,000 came from anonymous donors. The foundation email runs through Russian servers. The website is now locked with a 403 Forbidden page. The donor list was recovered from archives before they could erase it. And Anna Hakobyan -- the woman who controlled all of this -- has not been seen for 39 days.
Sources: My Step Foundation archived donor reports (Wayback Machine), DNS/MX records analysis, RIPE RDAP database, Armenian corporate registries, CivilNet/Hetq reporting. All from public sources.