Vardan Makaryan Arrested According to MakaryanNews, Vardan Makarian, who worked as the president's chief of staff under Serzh Sargsyan, was arrested a little earlier. He was a member of the board of directors of Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC when the company was still owned by Samvel Karapetyan. Makarian was arrested today as a result of searches conducted at the apartments of Sembal and Narek Karaptian and people related to them. Subscribe to Alpha News VK Zen Website TikTok Facebook Instagram YouTube X.