Samvel Aleksanyan was held at the airport for about 6 hours, subjected to checks, and subsequently denied entry into Russia.

Samvel Aleksanyan, who departed on a flight from Yerevan to Moscow, was held at the airport for approximately six hours, subjected to checks, and subsequently denied entry into Russia, 168.am reported.

According to the outlet, former Member of Parliament and businessman Samvel Aleksanyan also traveled to Moscow yesterday on the Yerevan-Moscow flight. On the same plane was Alen Simonyan, Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia, who was traveling to attend the 14th meeting of the secretaries of the security councils of CIS member states, which has commenced in Moscow.