Lake Sevan clean-up: Armenian court will hear the case against the  Harsnakar hotel complex,  which is associated with Ruben Hayrapetyan,  former head of the Armenian Football Federation

ArmInfo.The  Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia has filed a claim regarding the Harsnakar hotel complex, which is linked to the former head of the Armenian Football Federation, Ruben Hayrapetyan, located on the shores of Lake Sevan. The court has accepted the claim for consideration. "An interim measure has been applied to the real estate," the press service of the supervisory agency reported.

Specifically, according to information, on December 11, 2025,  Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia Anna Vardapetyan  announced the commencement of work to return illegally expropriated  or leased property in the coastal areas of Lake Sevan to the state.  The Prosecutor's Office filed lawsuits regarding a number of real  estate properties, including: - the administrative complex of the  Harsnakar Hotel (address: 50 Yerevan Highway, Sevan);  the cottages  of the Harsnakar Hotel (address: 48/6 Yerevan Highway, Sevan); and an  illegally constructed  mansion in Sevan belonging to Ruben  Hayrapetyan, former president of the Football Federation of Armenia  and former member of the National Assembly (address: 38 3rd Street,  recreation area, Sevan). The court has formally accepted three major  lawsuits targeting properties located along the Sevan-Yerevan highway

Also, it has been noted that since December 2025, as a result of the  execution of the Prosecutor's Office's motions, 83 buildings, both  primary and secondary, that were illegally constructed by various  individuals on 33 land plots below the absolute elevation on the  shore of Lake Sevan have been demolished (dismantled), and two  contracts with the Sevan National Park State Non-Commercial  Organization (SNCO) have been terminated.