Russian-Armenian businessman and benefactor Levon Hayrapetyan will remain under house arrest in Moscow until April 15, 2015, Hayrapetyan’s close friend Artur Safaryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

A Moscow district court on Wednesday granted the investigator’s motion and extended Hayrapetyan’s pre-trial detention period for four more months.

The businessmen’s attorney, on the other hand, had motioned the court to dismiss the case on the grounds of statute of limitations.

As reported earlier, Levon Hayrapetyan was not in the courtroom, since he was hospitalized.

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.