Former Karabakh leader jailed before trial

Published September 28th, 2023 - 08:51 GMT
Nagorno-Karabakh

ALBAWABA - Former Nagorno-Karabakh separatist leader Ruben Vardanyan was put in detention on Thursday ahead of a possible trial by an Azerbaijani court.

AFP reported that Vardanyan was charged by Azerbaijan with financing terrorism and other crimes.

According to Azerbaijan's state security service, a Baku court said that the businessman who headed the ethnic Armenian region from November 2022 until February 2023, should be jailed and placed in pre-trial detention for four months.

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