Karapetyan filed a lawsuit against the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia
Caucasian Knot
The leader of the “Strong Armenia” bloc, Samvel Karapetyan, filed a lawsuit against the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Alen Simonyan, who called him an employee of a foreign intelligence service, and demanded a retraction and compensation.
Karapetyan demanded that Simonyan publicly retract the statement he published on social media on May 19.
Simonyan stated that law enforcement agencies must assess the legality of the creation of a party and the participation in politics of a person who is an “employee of a foreign intelligence service.” Karapetyan called the accusation false and slanderous, News.am reported on May 30.
In the lawsuit, the businessman demanded that Simonyan publish a retraction on the same social media platforms where the accusation was posted in the form of a video titled “Refutation of the slanderous information I disseminated in a video dated May 19, 2026, about the leader of the Strong Armenia bloc, Samvel Karapetyan.” Furthermore, the businessman demanded compensation in the amount of 6 million drams ($16,200), as well as payment of legal costs, including the state fee and attorney’s fees, Armenia Today reports.
The lawsuit has reportedly been filed with the Yerevan City Court and assigned to Judge Vahagn Torosyan, but a decision on whether to accept it has not yet been made. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated in parliament that the Strong Armenia party and the Armenia bloc should not cross the threshold for the parliamentary elections.
Strong Armenia, along with Robert Kocharyan’s Armenia bloc and Gagik Tsarukyan’s Prosperous Armenia party, is one of the most pro-Russian parties in the Armenian parliamentary elections. The “Caucasian Knot” has prepared a report “2026 Elections to the National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia”.
