Narek Karapetyan demanded an apology and compensation from the Investigative Committee of Armenia.

Narek Karapetyan, a representative of the Strong Armenia bloc, filed a lawsuit against the Investigative Committee of Armenia, demanding a retraction of reports that he allegedly concealed his Russian citizenship and an apology.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the Strong Armenia bloc, 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.

Narek Karapetyan, a representative of the Strong Armenia bloc, filed a libel lawsuit against the Investigative Committee of Armenia.

According to the lawsuit, Karapetyan demands that the Investigative Committee be obligated to publish a retraction titled "Refutation of Defamatory Information Regarding Narek Karapetyan" on its official website, as well as on its Facebook* and Telegram pages, within five business days of the court's decision taking effect. The plaintiff insists that the Investigative Committee publicly state that the information disseminated on May 20 that the Strong Armenia bloc candidate concealed his foreign citizenship is false, defamatory, and unfounded, and that it apologize to Karapetyan.

Karapetyan demands that the Investigative Committee pay symbolic compensation in the amount of one dram and cover legal costs, including the state fee and attorney's fees. Karapetyan's lawsuit was recently accepted for proceedings by the Yerevan Civil Court, chaired by Judge Tigran Grigoryan.

The case was prompted by documents published on May 19 by Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan, which, according to him, confirm Karapetyan's Russian citizenship. The following day, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case. The agency did not report whether the documents' authenticity had been verified or whether relevant requests had been sent to the Russian side.

Oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia Party, former President Robert Kocharyan's Armenia bloc, and businessman Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia bloc are the most pro-Russian participants in the Armenian parliamentary elections, analysts previously noted.

The parliamentary elections effectively became a referendum on the future of the current government and Armenia's foreign policy. The "Caucasian Knot" has published a report titled "2026 Elections to the National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia".