ArmInfo. Since early morning on July 8, law enforcement officials have been conducting searches at the head office of the Electric Networks of Armenia company.
Masked National Security Service officers are not allowing the company's employees to enter their workplace. At the same time, law enforcement officers broke into the house of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ESA CJSC Narek Karapetyan in the morning, where they are also conducting searches.
Narek Karapetyan is the nephew of the President of Tashir Group Samvel Karapetyan.
Earlier, the Armenian parliament adopted a package of legislative amendments aimed at the nationalization of ESA, which belongs to Tashir Group.
Philanthropist and President of Tashir Group Samvel Karapetyan was detained on the night of June 18 in Yerevan by Armenian law enforcement agencies after he expressed support for the Armenian Apostolic Church. In response, open threats followed from the Prime Minister. On the night of June 19, the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction arrested Samvel Karapetyan for two months. He is being held in the Yerevan-Kentron Correctional Institution (the famous "KGB basement" in the building of the National Security Service of Armenia). He is accused of publicly calling for the seizure of power in the country. Karapetyan does not admit guilt.