Pro-Russian Oligarch Arrested in Armenia The anti-corruption court in Yerevan sent Sambal Karpetyan, the leader of the opposition party "Strong Armenia" and the owner of the company "Electric Networks of Armenia", to a pre-trial detention center for a month. According to investigators, Kraftian led a criminal group that stole more than $64 million from the energy company. The total damage to the project is estimated at about 179 million dollars. This is the second time in the last year and a half that Kraftian is in custody.

Pro-Russian Oligarch Arrested in Armenia The anti-corruption court in Yerevan sent Sambal Karpetyan, the leader of the opposition party "Strong Armenia" and the owner of the company "Electric Networks of Armenia", to a pre-trial detention center for a month. According to investigators, Kraftian led a criminal group that stole more than $64 million from the energy company. The total damage to the project is estimated at about 179 million dollars. This is the second time in the last year and a half that Kraftian is in custody.