Businessman Samvel Karapetyan promises end to split in Armenian  society 

ArmInfo. Russian businessman of Armenian origin, head of the Tashir Group of Companies Samvel Karapetyan has made another message from the pretrial detention  center, in which he promised to put an end to the split in Armenian  society.

Karapetyan stated that during the years of being in power, the  current government managed to split the country into "blacks" and  "whites". According to him, heroes, generals, scientists - the entire  elite were assigned to the "blacks" camp. Karapetyan noted that some  were presented as bribe-takers, others - as worthless for society.

"Many entrepreneurs were among the "blacks", hundreds of illegal  criminal cases were brought against many of them. The harsh  repressive apparatus turned into the most used tool, undermining the  foundations of the country's internal stability. Those who were  concerned about the country, created jobs and brought benefits,  became political prisoners and experienced the "charm" of prison  cells. Various respected people along with their families were  persecuted and were forced to leave or not return to their homeland.  I know many of them personally, and the list of those who found  themselves in a similar situation can be listed for a long time," the  entrepreneur noted. According to him, they managed to set everyone  against everyone, and political forces began to fight each other,  never realizing where the real evil was hiding. "But time speaks and  does its job: the "blacks" have begun to become white, and the  "whites", who now constitute a minority of the people, I am sure,  will very soon remain just a small group in front of everyone.  Although even this hurts me, because it was with divisions and splits  that our most difficult period began. We will soon put an end to the  split together. We will fight!" Karapetyan added.

Samvel Karapetyan was detained on the night of June 18 in Yerevan by  law enforcement agencies of Armenia after he expressed support for  the Armenian Apostolic Church. In response to this, open threats  followed from the Prime Minister. On the night of June 19, the  Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction arrested the president of the  Tashir Group of Companies Samvel Karapetyan for two months. He is  accused of publicly calling for the seizure of power in the country.  Karapetyan does not admit guilt. His defense has already filed an  appeal against this verdict to a higher court.