Armenian court freezes MP Arsen Torosyan`s accounts following Samvel  Karapetyan`s lawsuit

ArmInfo.  An Armenian court has imposed an interim measure by freezing the accounts of Arsen Torosyan, member of the ruling Civil Contract faction in the National  Assembly, following a lawsuit filed by philanthropist and president  of the Tashir Group of Companies Samvel Karapetyan. Torosyan has  verified this information.

In early July, ArmInfo reported, citing the judicial information  portal Datalex.am, that Samvel Karapetyan , the head of the Tashir  Group of Companies, had filed a lawsuit against members of the ruling  Civil Contract faction Arsen Torosyan and Hayk Konjoryan for  offensive statements and slander. Karapetyan is demanding that the  court compel Arsen Torosyan and Hayk Konjoryan to publicly apologize  to him for their offensive expressions and refute the information  they shared during their speeches from the rostrum of the National  Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on June 17 and 18. Additionally,  he is seeking compensation in the amount of 9 million drams. 

Former Armenian Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan  accused Karapetyan  of having ties to "Lubyanka" - the FSB (according to Torosyan -  "Ljublyanka") from the parliamentary rostrum.   Samo petitioned the  court for the application of an interim measure in the amount of 9  million drams, and for reasons and justifications that are still  unclear to me. The court  granted this petition. We will address this  legal practice  later, when not only do some people sue politicians  for political statements, but the courts also make such decisions,"  the pro-government MP wrote on social media. According to him, he has  petitioned to cancel this "unreasonable decision." "I am not going to  sell my property and leave Armenia, especially out of fear of Samo,"  he noted.