Thursday, 5 November 2026
Armenia * The founder and leader of the opposition Strong Armenia party, Russian–Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, has been placed in pre-trial detention for one month. Karapetyan and 35 of his associates were arrested on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the alleged infliction of property damage worth more than ֏65 billion ($180 million) on the Electric Networks of Armenia — the country’s primary electricity distributor, which was owned by Karapetyan but is currently under stat