Overview
- After the December 30 order granting house arrest was reversed, Samvel Karapetyan was taken back to the Yerevan-Kentron detention facility of Armenia’s security service.
- His lawyer said in-patient treatment was cut short when police transferred him from a medical center to custody.
- A Yerevan court has been hearing the prosecution’s motion to remand him in custody for more than seven hours, with a defense statement expected after the ruling.
- Defense attorney Aram Vardevanyan accused prosecutor A. Dallakyan of violating procedure by withdrawing a house‑arrest petition and refiling for arrest outside Article 285 deadlines.
- Karapetyan denies charges of public calls to seize power and financial wrongdoing, as regulatory moves against his businesses continue, including a revoked license for Electric Networks of Armenia despite a Stockholm arbitral order against expropriation.