17:57, 8 September 2025

Samvel Karapetyan remains under arrest

The Anti-Corruption Court of Appeal of Armenia has rejected a motion against extending the arrest of Samvel Karapetyan.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, in mid-August the Anti-Corruption Court of Armenia left businessman Samvel Karapetyan in custody, the ten-hour hearing took place against the backdrop of a protest. Karapetyan's defense called the decision unfounded.

The owner of "Tashir Group" Samvel Karapetyan has been accused of calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order. Before his arrest, Samvel Karapetyan expressed support for the Armenian Apostolic Church after Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan harshly criticized the church at a government meeting on May 29 and responded to Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan's objections with insults on Facebook*. Armenian politicians and church representatives demanded that Pashinyan apologize for insulting the church, according to a report prepared by the "Caucasian Knot" "The Main Thing About Political Arrests in Armenia in June 2025".

The Anti-Corruption Court of Appeal of Armenia left businessman, philanthropist, and president of the Tashir Group Samvel Karapetyan under arrest. The investigation accuses the philanthropist of calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order. His lawyer Aram Vardevanyan told reporters about this, TASS reports. "The court rejected our petition and left Samvel Karapetyan under arrest," the lawyer said, the publication clarifies.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/415239