Investigation petitions for longer house arrest of Samvel Karapetyan 

ArmInfo. The investigative body has filed a motion to extend the house arrest of Samvel Karapetyan, head of the Tashir State Concern. The matter will be discussed by the Anti-Corruption Court in Yerevan today at 4:00 PM. Karapetyan will not attend the hearing, lawyer Aram Vardevanyan reported on social media.

He recalled that Karapetyan's arrest, which had been in effect since  June 18, 2025, was replaced by house arrest and additional  restrictions on December 30. However, on the first working day of  2026, January 5, the prosecutor's office appealed this decision.

The Court of Appeals accepted the prosecutor's office's appeals and  ours for consideration on January 12 and set January 16 as the date  for the publication of the decision.

At the same time, the investigative body filed a motion to extend the  house arrest (by law, they cannot file any other motions), and  therefore a retrial was scheduled today at 4:00 PM in the  Anti-Corruption Court.  "Dear compatriots, Samvel Karapetyan will not  participate in today's court hearing," the lawyer wrote.

As a reminder, on November 18, the Anti-Corruption Court of Armenia  extended Karapetyan's arrest for another two months. The businessman  was detained by law enforcement on June 18, and the court later  remanded him in custody on charges of calling for the overthrow of  the constitutional order due to his support for the Armenian  Apostolic Church. Notably, Karapetyan's arrest was preceded by  threatening posts from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, which lawyers  view as an attempt to directly interfere with the investigation and  law enforcement. Following Karapetyan's arrest, the authorities  effectively took over the management of the Electric Networks of  Armenia company from the Karapetyan family, appointing Romanos  Petrosyan, a member of the Civil Contract party, as its manager.  Karapetyan's charges were later amended to include money laundering,  but the court found these charges unfounded.