World-renowned French-Armenian singer, songwriter, actor, public activist, and diplomat Charles Aznavour expressed concern over the arrest of Russian-Armenian businessman and benefactor Levon Hayrapetyan.
Aznavour called upon the Russian authorities to commute Hayrapetyan’s restraining order of arrest, and in consideration of his health condition.
Charles Aznavour, who has met with Levon Hayrapetyan on numerous occasions, has consistently praised his activities aimed at the development of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) and Armenia, the Artsakh Today press center informed.
Levon Hayrapetyan, 65, was detained in a Moscow airport on July 15. The Russian Federation Investigation Committee has brought two criminal charges against him; the charges are prodigality and legalization of illicit income. Hayrapetyan, however, pleads innocent.