May 7, 2026
The leader of the “Strong Armenia” party, Samvel Karapetyan, denies the rumors that he entered politics on the “order” of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He spoke about it during a press conference held at his home.
“What do you think? Putin called me and said, ‘It’s your father’s fortieth birthday soon, you will go, you will certainly attend the mass. When you leave, we have our agent journalist, he will approach you, ask you a question, then we have our agent Pashinyan, he will arrest you, take you, keep you in the most difficult conditions, after that you will gather your wits, enter politics, go and win,'” Karapetyan said, reacting. to the journalist’s question.
He added that today is the 1st anniversary of his father’s death, but the authorities did not allow him to participate in the events.
Karapetyan assured that he had never been to the Kremlin. “I don’t have a picture with Putin, I have never visited the Kremlin.”
At the same time, he mentioned that he is the only big Russian businessman who is not on any list of sanctions, but is on the sanctions list of the CP.
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