Ruben Vardanyan

Who is Armenian billionaire Ruben Vardanyan, why is he in an Azerbaijani prison, and why did he start a hunger strike?

Ruben Vardanyan

April 22, 2024

He demands "the immediate and unconditional release of himself and other Armenian prisoners unlawfully detained in Baku.

Azerbaijani court arrests Ruben Vardanyan

Azerbaijan

September 28, 2023

Ruben Vardanyan, former State Minister of the unrecognized NKR, sentenced to 4 months' imprisonment for the period of investigation

NK unanimous on self-determination, political differences set aside

Karabakh

May 25, 2023

Political consensus on self-determination of NK agreed upon by all parties and factions of Armenia, however divergent

“Vardanyan was not fired at Aliyev's request”: opinion from Yerevan

Karabakh

February 23, 2023

Political scientist Suren Surenyants believes it was not Alyiev's doing but internal politics -- comment from Yerevan

Ruben Vardanyan out: Comments from Baku

Azerbaijan

February 23, 2023

Commentary from Baku on the ouster of Ruben Vardanyan, state minister of the unrecognized republic of NK

"The Vardanyan Project has intensified the controversy.” Analysis from Baku

Azerbaijan

February 22, 2023

The “Vardanyan Project” has increased contradictions in the already complicated relations between Armenia and Russia,” Farhad Mammadov believes

Why is Ruben Vardanyan still a “Moscow project”? Analysis from Baku

Azerbaijan-Armenia

January 24, 2023

Azerbaijani political scientist believes Vardanyan is an attempt by Russia to manipulate events

“NK Armenians have the right to self-determination” – Ruben Vardanyan in an interview with BBC

Azerbaijan-Armenia

January 24, 2023

The state minister of the unrecognized republic presented the situation there on HardTalk - full transcript

"If Vardanyan were Russian puppet, the road would be open" - Thomas de Waal

Azerbaijan-Armenia

January 11, 2023

In an interview with Turan news, British expert Thomas de Waal noted that Azerbaijan has achieved 90% of everything it wanted before the 2020 war

“We are all soldiers in defense of the motherland” - a businessman who became a state minister

Karabakh

November 07, 2022

Interview with Ruben Vardanyan about what he plans to do as state minister in the unrecognized NKR -- in a situation that looks "not just complicated, but hopeless"

“Moscow moderator for the return of Russian businessman Ruben Vardanyan to NK”? Opinion

Karabakh

September 08, 2022

According to political scientist Suren Surenyants, the businessman did not make the decision to move to Nagorno-Karabakh alone. Surenyants posits that Moscow may be behind the move.

Armenia responds to events in Ukraine: comments of political scientists and politicians

Conflict in Ukraine

February 24, 2022

The official reaction of Armenia to the events in Ukraine did not come until the publication of this article. However, from the very morning the situation has been commented on by various politicians

Commentary from Yerevan: Why the fighting continues at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border?

Azerbaijan-Armenia

July 29, 2021

As tensions at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border continue, experts from Armenia assess their causes and possible ways of resolving the ongoing crisis