ArmInfo.Yerevan isn't exactly eager to see the former leaders of Nagorno- Karabakh. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated during a plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club, answering the question whether Russia can call on Baku to show mercy to the former leaders of Nagorno- Karabakh, including former Minister of State Ruben Vardanyan, who is very well known in the Russian Federation.
"Well, he renounced our citizenship," Putin noted.
According to him, "we have always done this, and we are doing it now." "I spoke on the phone with President Aliyev, and before we talked about what would happen there, and he assured me that no matter what happened, he would ensure the security and rights of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.
But now there are no Armenians left there, everyone has left. There are simply no Armenians there. Well, maybe 1000- 1500. Well, that's it, there's just no one there: Well, as for the former leaders, I don't know, I don't want to go into details, but as far as I understood it, they aren't exactly eager to see them in Yerevan. But I proceed from the fact that the leadership of Azerbaijan will proceed from considerations of a humanitarian nature, taking into account the fact that all territorial issues of Azerbaijan have been resolved," Vladimir Putin noted.
An Azerbaijani court arrested former presidents of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan and Arkady Ghukasyan, as well as ex-speaker of parliament David Ishkhanyan. Earlier it was reported about the arrest of philanthropist, social entrepreneur and former Minister of State of Artsakh Ruben Vardanyan, former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ex-assistant to the NKR President David Babayan, former deputy commander of the Artsakh Defense Army David Manukyan. Former President Arayik Harutyunyan and Defense Army commander Levon Mnatsakanyan were also detained.