Azerbaijan arrested Ruben Vardanyan at a border post on Wednesday. He headed the separatist government in Nagorno-Karabakh from November last year to February. Baku reported this on Wednesday.
Businessman Vardanyan was arrested when, according to the Azeris, he tried to enter neighbouring Armenia. “He has been handed over to the competent authorities,” the Azerbaijani Border Guard said in a press release.
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