Aram Karapetyan (born February 1, 1964

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) is an

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. In 1985 Karapetyan graduated from

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. He also worked in the

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, the Duma Council for National Security, and the upper chamber of Russia's Federal Assembly. Leader of the New Times party, in 2003 Karapetyan unsuccessfully ran for

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, earning only 2.8% of the votes. Karapetyan was arrested on 24 February 2008 for demonstrating against the election of Armenian then Prime Minister

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and charged with false denunciation (Article 333 of Armenia's Criminal Code), charges that were eventually dropped in April 2009.

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