YEREVAN. – There are rumors that Armenian oligarch Samvel Aleksanyan’s wife has urged her husband to stay away from journalists, at least during this pre-election season, in order to steer clear of absurd situations, and, also, not to mention her name during his interviews with news reporters, Yerkir daily writes.  

“And it is very incomprehensible how the MP candidate will keep silent during this heated pre-election season. 

In an interview with our correspondent, [and] hearing about these rumors, Samvel Aleksanyan was very astonished at first, [and] then he responded: ‘No one can forbid me from speaking!’   

Reflecting on not mentioning his wife’s name in the press, he noted that this is her personal decision. ‘So, let her relax for this one month, too,’ the businessman noted,” Yerkir writes.