Narek Karapetyan sues Armenia`s Investigative Committee

ArmInfo.  Narek Karapetyan, the number one candidate on the "Strong Armenia" bloc's election list, has filed a lawsuit against Armenia's Investigative Committee,  demanding a retraction of false information disseminated about him,  claiming he concealed his citizenship of another country. This was  reported on the website of the Datalex judicial information system.

According to the lawsuit, Karapetyan demands that the Investigative  Committee publish a retraction titled "Refutation of defamatory  information regarding Narek Karapetyan" on the agency's official  website, as well as on its Facebook and Telegram pages, within five  working days of the court's decision taking effect.  The plaintiff  insists that the Investigative Committee publicly state that the  information disseminated on May 20 that the Strong Armenia bloc  candidate concealed his foreign citizenship is false, defamatory, and  unfounded, and that it apologize to Karapetyan. Furthermore,  Karapetyan demands that the Investigative Committee pay symbolic  compensation of one dram and cover legal costs, including state fees  and attorney's fees.

Karapetyan's claim was recently accepted for hearing by the Yerevan  Civil Court, presided over by Judge Tigran Grigoryan. The proceedings  stem from the events of May 2026. On May 19, Parliament Speaker Alen  Simonyan published a document he claimed proved Karapetyan's Russian  citizenship. The following day, the Investigative Committee announced  the initiation of criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Article 449 of  the Armenian Criminal Code (concealment of information preventing the  acquisition or retention of official status).