RA Investigative Committee initiates criminal criminal proceedings  against Strong Armenia party leader`s nephew

ArmInfo.  The Investigative Committee of Armenia has opened a criminal case against the nephew of Strong Armenia party leader Narek Karapetyan for concealing information that would prevent him from obtaining or maintaining public office. 

As reported by the Investigative Committee's press service, according  to a report of an alleged crime received from the police of the RA  Ministry of Internal Affairs, candidate N.K., nominated by the  "Strong Armenia" bloc in the regular elections to the RA National  Assembly on June 7, 2026, having been warned of the legal penalties  for providing false information, intentionally concealed information  about his foreign citizenship. Specifically, he submitted a false  application to the Migration and Citizenship Service of the Ministry  of Internal Affairs, stating that he was not a citizen of another  country, thereby concealing information about his foreign citizenship  that would prevent him from obtaining official status.

Based on the report, a criminal case has been opened under Part 1 of  Article 449 of the Criminal Code (concealment of information that  prevents him from obtaining or maintaining official status).

A preliminary investigation is underway.

Narek Karapetyan previously denied holding dual citizenship. "I am  not a citizen of the Russian Federation. I have no other citizenship  besides the Republic of Armenia, and I never have," he stated in a  video message, commenting on a post on the Facebook page of Armenian  Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan-specifically, an extract from the  Unified State Register of Legal Entities of the Russian Federation,  where N.K. is listed as a Russian citizen.

Karapetyan noted that he lived in Russia for much less time than, for  example, in England or Switzerland. "Therefore, Alen Robertovich,  don't do such things," Karapetyan said, addressing Simonyan.

It should be noted that the extract from the Unified State Register  of Legal Entities of the Russian Federation, a document whose  authenticity has not been officially confirmed, contains data as of  August 2020 and states that Russian citizen Narek Karenovich  Karapetyan owns a 2.5% stake in Mospromekspluatatsiya.