Ruben Vardanyan taken to Baku

Azerbaijani media outlets have released footage featuring the arrest of Artsakh’s former state minister, businessman and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan.

Accompanied by officers of Azerbaijan’s State Border Service, he has been taken to Baku.

Vardanyan was arrested by Azerbaijani authorities as he attempted to leave Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia on Wednesday morning, his spouse Veronika Zonabend said.