Russian-Armenian businessman and benefactor Levon Hayrapetyan, who is currently under house arrest in Moscow, was again transferred to hospital on Tuesday, Hayrapetyan’s personal physician, neurologist Henri Bakunts told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“Levon Hayrapetyan’s condition is not so good; he complains of [his] health. You know that he has problems with [his] heart, [blood] pressure as well as [bladder] cancer and diabetes. Consequently, such patients need inpatient [medical] treatment; the few days spent in hospital are nothing,” he said.

In Bakunts’ words, however, the Russian-Armenian businessman’s current health condition has nothing to do with the surgery he underwent on December 9. The physician said that the operation went very well and there are no postoperative complications.  

Levon Hayrapetyan was detained in a Moscow airport on July 15 and subsequently arrested. On July 24, the Russian Federation Investigation Committee brought two criminal charges against him: embezzlement or misuse, and money laundering. On September 12, the Russian-Armenian businessman was charged with fraud, too. On October 3, however, a Moscow district court ruled in favor of releasing Hayrapetyan from prison and placing him under house arrest. Even though Levon Hayrapetyan has health problems, he was kept in prison for a long time. On December 10, Hayrapetyan’s pre-trial detention period was extended for four more months until April 15, 2015.