Baku/02.09.22/Turan: On September 1, a video message of Russian-Armenian businessman Ruben Vardanyan appeared on Youtube, saying that he had moved to Karabakh and renounced Russian citizenship.
"I made the decision, realizing the risks I take on myself, to renounce Russian citizenship and move to Artsakh as an Armenian citizen. I believe that after the 2020 war, we, the Armenians of the whole world, are obliged to be together with the people of Artsakh," he said.
According to sources in Karabakh, Vardanyan should take the post of "state minister" instead of Artak Beglaryan.
It can be concluded from Vardanyan's video message that he will try to implement the idea of a Russian protectorate over Karabakh.
It is possible that the far-reaching goal of Vardanyan's appearance in Karabakh is to replace Araik Harutyunyan as "president".
Official Baku has not yet responded to Vardanyan's actions. Earlier, Russian peacekeepers controlling the entry and exit from Karabakh blocked those who repeatedly irritated Baku.
*Ruben Vardanyan (1968)— former owner of the "Troika Dialog" investment company, founder of the "Skolkovo Business School". In 2021, Forbes magazine first estimated his fortune at one billion dollars. Vardanyan said that he will transfer all his assets in Russia to the family fund.
In March 2019, the OCCRP released an investigation into the Troika Dialog offshore company system, through which money was secretly transferred to the most influential people in Russia, for example, Vladimir Putin's friend Sergey Roldugin.
In 2006-2013, more than $4.5 billion passed through the accounts of these companies. After that, deputies of the European Parliament demanded to impose sanctions against Ruben Vardanyan. -02d-
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