In Yerevan, they do not really want to see the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, answering the question whether Russia could ask Azerbaijan show mercy to the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh, including former Minister of State Ruben Vardanyan, well known in Russia.

“Well, he renounced our citizenship,” Putin noted. In his words, “we’ve always done it, and we’re doing it now.”

“I talked on the phone with President Aliyev, and before we talked about what would happen there, and he assured me that no matter what happened, he would ensure the security and rights of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. But now there are no Armenians left there, everyone has left. There are simply no Armenians there. Well, maybe 1000-1500. All! Well, that is it, there’s just no one there...

Well, as for the former leaders, I don’t know, I don’t want to go into details, but as I understand it, they don’t really want to see them in Yerevan. But I proceed from the fact that the leadership of Azerbaijan will proceed from considerations of a humanitarian nature, taking into account the fact that all territorial issues of Azerbaijan have been resolved,” he noted.