Armenian authorities extend Russian billionaire's jail term

Russian citizen and billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, owner of the Tashir Group, will remain in custody for another 30 days. A Yerevan court has extended his pretrial detention.

Samvel Karapetyan was arrested on June 19 in Yerevan. He was accused of publicly calling for a government takeover in Armenia. Prior to this, the country's Investigative Committee reported that it had foiled an attempted terrorist attack and a coup.

Karapetyan is known as a Russian stooge. From jail, he accused the Armenian authorities of severing ties with Russia, emphasizing that Moscow, as Yerevan's main ally, values ​​reliability, predictability, and honesty.

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