
Authorities raid Electric Networks of Armenia and home of Samvel Karapetyan’s nephew
The raid came days after parliament passed a bill allowing it to nationalise the company.
The raid came days after parliament passed a bill allowing it to nationalise the company.
The raids are reportedly part of criminal proceedings launched in 2023–2025.
The Electric Networks of Armenia is owned by the recently detained Samvel Karapetyan.
Pashinyan’s offer came weeks after the detention of Russian–Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan for calls of usurpation of power.
Margarita Simonyan’s attack was the latest in a series of comments from Russian officials criticising Pashinyan’s feud with the Armenian Church.
Armenia and the EU have concluded negotiations on an ‘ambitious’ new partnership agenda and agreed to launch security and defence consultations.
Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahyan has been remanded to two months of pre-trial detention.