Samvel Karapetyan's arrest has been extended for two months.

An Armenian court has extended the pretrial detention of businessman Samvel Karapetyan, who is accused of calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order and economic crimes.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on October 15, the Yerevan Anti-Corruption Court extended Samvel Karapetyan's pretrial detention by a month. The hearing lasted over 11 hours, with relatives and friends, as well as numerous supporters, gathered outside the courthouse the entire time.

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The Anti-Corruption Court has extended Samvel Karapetyan's pretrial detention for another two months, lawyer Aram Vardevanyan announced after the hearing today.

He noted that the motion to extend his pretrial detention was considered for more than 15 hours, News.am reports.

As a reminder, on October 13, it was reported that investigators brought new economic charges against Samvel Karapetyan. "The investigative body has set a new bar for ongoing illegality: it has brought forth yet another economic charge without any relevant data, without any minimal legal basis," the businessman's lawyers stated at the time.

In July, 65 members of the Armenian parliament supported a bill allowing the nationalization of Karapetyan's company, Electric Networks of Armenia. On July 8, security forces searched the company's offices and the home of board chairman Narek Karapetyan.

On July 11, Vaghinak Ghazaryan, director of Karapetyan's company, Tashir Pizza, was arrested on charges of tax evasion.