The charges against entrepreneur and philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan have been reclassified. The Investigative Committee announced this to the media.
“The charge is being reclassified and supplemented with Parts 2 and 3 of Part 3 of Article 296 of the Russian Criminal Code (legalization (laundering) of criminally obtained funds on an especially large scale, through the use of official or official powers or influence obtained through such use),” the Investigative Committee announced.
As a reminder, we previously reported on a statement from Samvel Karapetyan’s lawyers, which stated: “It is not enough for the prosecutor’s office that Samvel Karapetyan has been in custody for approximately 110 days; it is also necessary to establish reasonable suspicion on this absurd economic charge.”