Armenia detains opposition leader Karapetyan over alleged $179mn power utility losses
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Yerevan's anti-corruption court has remanded pro-Russian billionaire and opposition leader of the Strong Armenia party, Samvel Karapetyan, in custody for one month, News.am reports. The court hearing lasted all night, according to the portal. This is the second time in the past year and a half that the businessman and politician has been placed in pre-trial detention.
The Erevan Anti-Corruption Court arrested for one month a billionaire, owner of a group of Tashir companies and leader of the Strong Armenia Party Samvel Karapetian, accused of financial crimes related to the activities of the Electronic Networks of Armenia (ESA), as reported by the Armenian Radio Liberty Service.
Armenia detains opposition leader Karapetyan over alleged $179mn power utility losses
Credit: Wikipeadia Armenian security officers detained opposition leader Samvel Karapetyan on November 4 over alleged abuses the Investigative Committee says cost the country's main power distributor $179mn.
In Armenia, a billionaire businessman, Samvel Karapetyan, was detained and led by an opposition party, the Strong Armenia.
Samvel Karapetian, the leader of the Party of Strong Armenia, was taken away after a search of his home by Armenian National Security Service officials and reported to the local media.
Syloviki took away the leader of the opposition party "The Strong Armenia" Samvel Karapetyan after a search of his house, told his nephew, the head of the parliamentary faction of the Narek Karapetite party, Narek Karapetyan, that the leader of the political force had been taken through the rear gate, and he said that it was not yet known where the detainee would be taken to hand over the RIA News. Agavni Sukiasyan, the representative of "The St…
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