ArmInfo. "In recent days, some Azerbaijani media have been trying to present the movement of a group of citizens by the Russian peacekeeping contingent to the Republic of Armenia as an "evacuation of military personnel." We consider it necessary to note that there are no military personnel who are citizens of the Republic of Armenia in the Republic of Artsakh, as official Stepanakert and Yerevan have repeatedly stated. "This is stated in the message of the InfoCenter of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
<The persons transported by Russian peacekeepers from Artsakh are students of Armenian and foreign higher educational institutions, citizens of the Russian Federation and members of their families, as well as specialists and workers who are citizens of Armenia, engaged in the construction and mining industry, who, as a result of the blockade by Azerbaijan lost their jobs and were unable to return to their permanent place of residence>, the report says.