Moscow/Yerevan, June 20 -- Russia is closely monitoring the situation around Russian billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan's arrest in Armenia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
"Of course, we are following it. For us, he is a Russian citizen. We do not want to interfere in Armenia's internal affairs, but naturally, we closely monitor everything related to a Russian citizen," Peskov told reporters on the sidelines of the 2025 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), reports TASS.
On Wednesday, a court in Yerevan arrested Karapetyan for two months on charges of public calls to seize power in Armenia, his lawyer Liana Gasparyan said.
Karapetyan, a Russian citizen of Armenian origin,...