Karapetyan, one of Armenia’s richest men, was arrested in June after challenging the government over their attacks on the Armenian Apostolic Church.
The allocated funds do not include other expenses that might be required during the arbitration process.
Former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan are former allies.
Armenian authorities have vowed to appeal the decision and claimed that Samvel Karapetyan’s pre-trial detention is legal.
Robert Amsterdam also represents the Russia-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church on behalf of sanctioned former Ukrainian MP Vadym Novynskyi.
The Armenian government and the lawyers of Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel Karapetyan offered contradicting statements regarding the same ruling.
As Armenia’s government and church clash, a bitter power struggle is unfolding marked by arrests, outrage, and increasingly crass online attacks.
