Yerevan Court Extends Russian-Armenian Tycoon’s Arrest - The Press United

Yerevan court extends Russian-Armenian tycoon’s arrest - The Press United

Samvel Karapetyan has had two more months added to his detention, just days after an appeals court found it illegal A Yerevan court has extended the arrest of Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, a critic of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, by two months despite a recent ruling that found it unlawful. Karapetyan’s legal team called […] The post Yerevan court extends Russian-Armenian tycoon’s arrest appeared first on The Press …

Armenian Court Rules Karapetyan’s Arrest Unlawful - The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

By Arshaluys Barseghyan YEREVAN (OC-Media) — On Monday, August 11, the lawyers of detained Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel Karapetyan announced that the Armenian Court of Criminal Appeals decided that Karapetyan’s arrest “was unlawful”. In turn, Armenian authorities vowed to appeal the decision. Karapetyan was detained on June 18, a day after making a statement in defense of the church in its confrontation with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Fol…