Parakar Mayor Murdered: Colleague Blames Police Inaction

This is a failure of the law enforcement system, a consequence of not implementing preventive measures. Mesrop Arakelyan, co-founder of the "Country to Live In" party, stated this, referring to the murder of the head of the Parakar community. "Volodya's death is a great personal tragedy for us, he was our friend. He did not have any conflict, any incident with anyone, he was always open and friendly with everyone," said Arakelyan. He added that in his conversations with him, he did not express any concerns, he was working normally.

The head of the community, Valodya Grigoryan, who was killed in the yard of his house in Parakar late in the evening on September 23, was 42 years old. He had four children.

Valodya Grigoryan was born on November 16, 1983, in the Merdzavan community of Armavir province.

From 1991-2001, he attended the secondary school of the Merdzavan community.

From 2001-2005, he studied at the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture of the Republic of Armenia, majoring in "Physical Culture and Sport," and received the qualification of "teacher of physical culture and sport, karate-do coach."

From 2016-2018, he received a Master's degree in Management, majoring in Management.

In 2022, he completed the professional development program for community officials "Effective Management of RA Communities" at the "Matena" international school.

In 2004, he worked as a sports instructor at the "Education and Culture" joint directorate of Merdzavan.

From 2005-2007, he worked at the Merdzavan village administration.

From 2007-2011, he worked as a leading specialist in the staff of the head of the Merdzavan rural community.

From 2011-2016, he was engaged in individual entrepreneurial activity.

From 2016-2021, he was the founding director of "Valodya Grigoryan" LLC.

On April 22, 2023, he was elected a member of the political council of the "Country to Live In" party.

From 2021-2025, he was a member of the Parakar community council and the head of the "Country to Live In" faction of the Parakar community.

On April 19, 2025, he assumed the powers of the head of the Parakar community.