Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated that the company
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated that the company
Consensus
- The company 'Electric Networks of Armenia' will be transferred to state-concession management.
- The company remains state-owned property.
- The Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal upheld the Armenian government's nationalization request on June 17.
- The Constitutional Court of Armenia confirmed the constitutionality of the amendments allowing nationalization in March.
- Samvel Kaрапetyan has been under house arrest since January 19, 2026.
- Kaрапetyan was previously arrested in June 2025 on charges of inciting a coup.
- Additional charges of money laundering in a particularly large amount using official position were added in October.
- Kaрапetyan ran as a candidate for Prime Minister in February from his party 'Strong Armenia'.
- The party 'Strong Armenia' won 23.3% of the vote in the parliamentary elections on June 7, becoming the second-largest party.
Points of divergence
- Kaрапetyan was charged with money laundering using official position in February, after being charged in June 2025 with inciting a coup. — vm
- The money laundering charges were added in October, not February. — interfax
Coverage (2 sources)
- Pashinyan: Karapetyan's company 'Armenian Electric Networks' will be nationalized — Вечерняя Москва
- Armenia's power grids will become state property and be transferred to concession management — Интерфакс
Key entities
- Nikola Pashinyan
- ESA
- Armenia
- Samvel Karapetyan
- Moscow
- TKP Tashir
- Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal
- Tashir
- Armenian Power Grid
- Компанию Карапетяна «Электрические сети Армении
- Компания «Электрические сети Армении
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