Zhoghovurd daily writes:
"According to the exclusive information of" Zhoghovurd "daily, when the business benefactor Samvel Karapetyan surprised the NSS isolator from the Armavir penitentiary, it was preceded by serious events.
Sources of Zhoghovurd daily report that the incident in Armavir prison has been the reason for this unexpected move. In particular, the convict Arman Arakelyan, known for Killing Azgi in Russia, has decided to go hunger strike in Armavir prison in support of philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan. It should be noted that his sons are currently in prison as part of the criminal case of 22-year-old Gift Hakobyan in Etchmiadzin. It was decided to move him from Armavir penitentiary to avoid the consolidation of the convicts and the causation of the convicts on the hunger strike and Samvel Karapetyan. The Yerevan-Kentron Penitentiary has a relatively strict mode, so the possibility of a businessman's defense is small there, while the situation in "Armavir" penitentiary could be out of control.
According to the exclusive information of "Zhoghovurd" daily, only the fact that Samvel Karapetyan was taken to another isolator, and the details of the explosive situation in Armavir prison are still being studied by law enforcement. It should be reminded that Samvel Karapetyan has set up a law team to protect the rights of all detainees within the proceedings, pay them to protect the rights of imprisoned citizens. In fact, the statement on the businessman, the church and the political processes "participate in his own way" has been assessed by the authorities as a call for constitutional order.
This allows us to consider the criminal case not only as a legal process, but also a warning to the circles that publicly seek to form an opposition position or stand by the Armenian Apostolic Church. In this regard, Samvel Karapetyan's case is only out of his personal responsibility and becomes a higher political contrast to the government-church relations and a wider political contrast.
It should be reminded that on June 18 2025, Samvel Karapetyan was charged with Part 2 of Article 422 of the RA Criminal Code. This refers to the occupation of the government, violating the territorial integrity, public calls on the refusal of sovereignty or violent the constitutional order with the mass media or information technology.
Earlier, Samvel Karapetyan in an interview with NEWS.am, referring to church-government relations, said: "A small group, forgetting the Armenian history, the history of thousands of years of the Armenian Church, attacked the Armenian Church, on the Armenian people. Since I have always been next to the Armenian Church and next to the Armenian people, I will have a direct participation. If we do not succeed in politicians, then we will participate in our own way. "
It was this interview that became the basis for initiating criminal proceedings and later accusation. "
Details in today's issue of "Zhoghovurd" daily.
