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Ruben Vardanyan was detained by Azerbaijani border guards - media  reports

Ruben Vardanyan was detained by Azerbaijani border guards - media  reports

ArmInfo. Early this morning, while passing a checkpoint in the Lachin corridor, Azerbaijani border guards detained former Minister of State of Artsakh, businessman and public figure Ruben Vardanyan. This information was confirmed by Vardanyan's wife, Veronica Zonabend, in an interview with CivilNet.

She noted that contact with Vardanyan was lost; she learned about the  incident from Azerbaijani sources. Zonabend does not have details of  what happened. 

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