Armenian premier threatens to drive businessman Samvel Karapetyan to  homelessness

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has launched open threats against Russian businessman Samvel Karapetyan, founder and leader of the Strong  Armenia party. Karapetyan's political party responded swiftly. As a  result, a verbal altercation erupted yesterday between Pashinyan and  Narek Karapetyan, a member of the Strong Armenia political council  and the businessman's nephew.

The verbal "duel" erupted after Samvel Karapetyan, who is under house arrest, issued a statement on April 7 calling the Armenian government's strategy of worsening relations  with Russia a mistake and assuring that their political force would  maintain good relations with all its allies after coming to power.

After this, Pashinyan went live on his social media and began  threatening the businessman. "Samvel from Kaluga calls us a small  group. Listen, did you see your powerful (in quotes) protest in front  of the National Assembly today? Once we completely shut down your  illegal money circulation system, there will only be three of you  left: Samvel, Narek, and Karen. Oh, sorry, four, because you have two  Karens," Pashinyan stated sarcastically.

Narek Karapetyan responded to these words. "Man in the hat, don't be  afraid of Karapetyan, he won't do anything bad to you. When he comes  out, he'll say a few words to you. Don't be afraid of Karapetyan,"  the businessman's nephew declared unequivocally.

In response, Pashinyan made the following statement live on air this  morning: "Kaluga's Samvel, through his speakers, is calling on me not  to be afraid! Well, how can I not be afraid? I'm afraid that by the  end of the year, you'll turn from a billionaire into a homeless  person!"

Narek Karapetyan's reaction was immediate. He stated that this is  what happens when a "homeless person at heart" comes to power in a  country. "This is what happens when a homeless person at heart  becomes the prime minister of Armenia. Is such a speech appropriate  for a country's prime minister?" the businessman's nephew asked.