YEREVAN. – The whereabouts of Samvel Babayan, the former Commander of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army, are still unknown, Zhoghovurd daily writes.    

“His family members assure that they not only do know where Babayan is, but also assure that they not maintain contact with him during this period.

‘What [kind of] question is this? Samvel is not in Armenia. I have no contact with him whatsoever and I don’t know when he will return,’ Babayan’s wife Irina Babayan said during a telephone conversation with us.   

To note, Babayan had put up his and several of his friends’ homes as bank collateral, more than a year ago, and disappeared. 

He is believed to be in Moscow,” Zhoghovurd writes.