Kentron TV

It was not possible to identify the co-founders beyond their names, and no biographical information is available from public sources. As only their first and last names could be found, it is impossible to meaningfully establish their identities or provide further details.

It was not possible to identify the co-founders beyond their names, and no biographical information is available from public sources. As only their first and last names could be found, it is impossible to meaningfully establish their identities or provide further details.

Betghehem Arabyan has served as the company's director since June 2025. A journalist by profession, she previously worked at tert.am before founding Rednews LLC in 2023, which operates as the parent company of the Hayastan.news website.

Gagik Tsarukyan is a well-known businessman and politician, and the founding president of the Prosperous Armenia party. He has been a member of the National Assembly for many years and is considered one of the wealthiest people in Armenia.

Publications by the “Hetq” media outlet detail Tsarukyan’s multi-branch business empire, which began in the Abovyan region and expanded across Armenia, as well as beyond, to former Soviet and European countries. His businesses include the “Multi Group” conglomerate, the “Arinj Mall” shopping center, the “Ararat” brandy, wine, and vodka plant, and other enterprises. In 2021, Armenian authorities demanded that Gagik Tsarukyan return illicitly acquired assets, including 79 real estate properties, 42 vehicles, 86 billion AMD, and shares in 39 companies.

It has long been publicly known in Armenia that the “Kentron” TV channel belongs to Gagik Tsarukyan. The channel became associated with Tsarukyan’s name in 2004, when it was purchased by Murad Gulyan, Tsarukyan’s fellow villager, relative, and member of parliament from the Republican Party faction, who later became a member of Tsarukyan’s Prosperous Armenia party. A 2005 article by “Hetq” notes: “One of the responsible persons of ‘Kentron’ admitted to us that he reports only to Gagik Tsarukyan. ‘Murad Gulyan does not exist,’ he said literally about a living, breathing person.”

Currently, the 100% shareholder of “Multi Media-Kentron TV” CJSC, which manages “Kentron” TV channel, is Sedrak Arustamyan, who has deep business ties with Gagik Tsarukyan. From 1998 until June 2020, he was the director of “Multi Group” CJSC, whose owners are Gagik Tsarukyan and his son. This company is one of the key businesses of the Tsarukyan family. At present, Arustamyan is either a shareholder or director in several companies connected to the Tsarukyan family.