Samvel Karapetyan to make statement next week

ArmInfo.  Samvel Karapetyan, a Russian businessman of Armenian descent, head of the Tashir Group of Companies, will make his first major statement next week. This was announced on his Facebook page by his nephew, Tashir Group Vice President and coordinator of the "Our Way" (Mer Dzevov) movement, Narek Karapetyan.

In the coming weeks, he announced Samvel Karapetyan's program for  Armenia's economy and security.

"As an entrepreneur, Samvel Karapetyan has helped tens of thousands  of Armenians, modernized educational complexes and hospitals, and  supported people struggling with poverty. As a political leader, as  the leader of Armenia, he will be able to achieve significant  success. He will strengthen the economic situation of the entire  population of Armenia," the movement's coordinator wrote.

As a reminder, it was announced today that Samvel Karapetyan's  pretrial detention has been changed from pretrial detention to house  arrest.

The businessman was detained on June 18 by law enforcement officers,  and a 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. He was later charged with money  laundering. Notably, Karapetyan's arrest was preceded by threatening  posts from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, which lawyers consider an  attempt to directly interfere with the investigation and law  enforcement. Following Karapetyan's arrest, the authorities  effectively took over the management of the Eclectic Networks of  Armenia company from the Karapetyan family, appointing Romanos  Petrosyan, a member of the Civil Contract party, as its manager.  ENA  was also stripped of its license.