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Samvel Karapetyan arrested over AMD 64.5bn damage to ENA

First reported by Armlur / Joghovurd: 10:05

Updated 19:21, 44 sources

Justice. Photo: hetq.am, cropped
Photo: hetq.am, cropped

The Investigative Committee said that criminal prosecution has been initiated against Samvel Karapetyan and 35 other people in a case involving AMD 64.5 billion in damage caused to Electric Networks of Armenia, and a decision has been made to arrest them. According to the Investigative Committee, abuse of power, embezzlement of property and money laundering were committed in 2016-2024 under Karapetyan's organisation. Searches are being carried out at 65 addresses in the case.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: Armlur / Joghovurd · 10:05 · Opposition

Pro-government 6 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 5 h 4 min later
Balanced 11 / 14 First: Shant TV / Shantnews, 5 h 7 min later
Opposition 19 / 21 First: Armlur / Joghovurd, 10:05

Foreign outlets: 7, first: Azernews, 10:36

Timeline as a list
  1. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  2. Azernews (Foreign)
  3. RIA Novosti (Foreign)
  4. Caliber.az (Foreign)
  5. Kommersant (Foreign)
  6. APA (Foreign)
  7. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  8. News.am (Opposition)
  9. 24news.am (Opposition)
  10. Hraparak (Opposition)
  11. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  12. Hetq (Balanced)
  13. Mediahub (Opposition)
  14. Infocom (Balanced)
  15. Panorama (Opposition)
  16. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  17. Tert.am (Opposition)
  18. CivilNet (Balanced)
  19. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  20. Ararat News (Balanced)
  21. Aravot (Balanced)
  22. 1in.am (Balanced)
  23. Factor (Balanced)
  24. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  25. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  26. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  27. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  28. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  29. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  30. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  31. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  32. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  33. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  34. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  35. Hayeli (Opposition)
  36. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  37. Politik.am (Opposition)
  38. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  39. Azg (Opposition)
  40. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  41. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  42. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  43. Interfax (Foreign)

All sources

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