Karpatyan and his associate were arrested in Yerevan, National Security Service (SNB) employees took the leader of the powerful Armenia party, Samvel Karpatyan, from the house through the back door and took him to an unknown direction. At the time of his arrest, the politician was under house arrest amid calls for a power grab. At the same time, during large-scale searches of the houses of the Karpatian family and people related to them, Verdan Makrian, a member of the board of directors of the Electricity Networks Company of Armenia (ESA), was arrested. Previously, he was the head of the staff of the third president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, and also served as the deputy head of the staff of Armen Sargsyan. Hakin.az Contact us.

Karpatyan and his associate were arrested in Yerevan, National Security Service (SNB) employees took the leader of the powerful Armenia party, Samvel Karpatyan, from the house through the back door and took him to an unknown direction. At the time of his arrest, the politician was under house arrest amid calls for a power grab. At the same time, during large-scale searches of the houses of the Karpatian family and people related to them, Verdan Makrian, a member of the board of directors of the Electricity Networks Company of Armenia (ESA), was arrested. Previously, he was the head of the staff of the third president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, and also served as the deputy head of the staff of Armen Sargsyan. Hakin.az Contact us.