Samvel Karapetyan, a Russian-based businessman and leader of the “Strong Armenia” party, has announced that he has started the process of renouncing all other citizenships, except the Armenian one.

“Since I am participating in the elections and I am sure of my victory, I have decided to start the process of giving up those passports,” he said during the first court session.

The presence of citizenships other than Armenian is an obstacle to participate in the parliamentary elections of Armenia to be held on June 7.

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