A motion to extend Samvel Karapetyan’s detention has been filed. A serviceman was driven to suicide in Armenia. Alpha News Room 15.04.2026
April 15 2026, 14:00
Today in Alpha Newsroom:
🔹 The first court hearing in the case of Samvel Karapetyan has gotten underway. What did Karapetyan say?
🔹 Simultaneously with the hearing, supporters and fellow party members gathered in the courtyard of the court in support of Samvel Karapetyan;
🔹 The court rejected the investigator’s motion for house arrest as a pretrial measure for Goar Gumasyan and Verzhine Stepanyan, opting instead for administrative supervision;
🔹 MP Ishkhan Saghatelyan proposed that political forces hold a rally against the authorities’ lawlessness;
🔹 A criminal case has been opened in connection with the death of a serviceman, under the article “incitement to suicide”;
🔹 Armenia will participate in the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Moscow, but at the level of deputy minister;
🔹 The EU will have a second mission in Armenia, aimed at strengthening Armenia’s resilience against hybrid threats;
🔹 Events in the Middle East against the backdrop of a two-week ceasefire;
🔹 Armenian-Russian relations: political strategist Vigen Hakobyan is Alpha News’ guest.
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