Samvel Karapetyan faces new charges
Investigators in Armenia have unfoundedly brought new charges of economic crime against the arrested businessman Samvel Karapetyan, the businessman's lawyers stated.
As reported by the " Caucasian Knot ," in mid-August, the court remanded Samvel Karapetyan in custody. Karapetyan's defense called the decision unfounded. On September 8, the appellate court refused to release the businessman.
Tashir Group owner Samvel Karapetyan has been charged with calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order. Before his arrest, Samvel Karapetyan expressed support for the Armenian Apostolic Church after 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 Key Points of Political Arrests in Armenia in June 2025. "
Investigators in Armenia have brought another charge against Samvel Karapetyan, this time of an economic nature, the press service of his legal team announced.
"The investigative body has set a new bar for continued illegality: it has brought forth yet another economic charge without any relevant evidence, without any minimal legal or statutory basis," TASS quotes Karapetyan's defense as saying today.
The same statement was cited today by Alphanews.am. The lawyers noted that these actions by the investigators "go beyond legal logic," the publication noted. The charges were not detailed.
As a reminder, in July, 65 members of the Armenian parliament supported a bill allowing the nationalization of Karapetyan's company, Electric Networks of Armenia. Nikol Pashinyan had previously threatened to nationalize the company. On July 8, security forces searched the offices of Electric Networks of Armenia and the home of Narek Karapetyan, chairman of the board of directors.
On July 2, searches were conducted at the Yerevan office of Karapetyan's company, Tashir Group. The Investigative Committee of Armenia stated that the searches were motivated by a criminal case on tax evasion and money laundering.
On July 11, Vaghinak Kazaryan, director of Karapetyan's Tashir Pizza company, was arrested for tax evasion.
Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/416275
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