Armenian billionaire Ruben Vardanyan, who announced the abandonment of Russian citizenship and moving to Azerbaijan, to Karabakh, controlled by Russian peacekeepers, went on a visit to France “for a number of international meetings on the Karabakh issue.” Vardanyan reported this on his Facebook account on September 4.
“I consider it important to clarify our actions to ensure the safety and development of Artsakh (Karabakh – Ed.). It is very important that our friends, both from the diaspora and from Armenia, use this external resource in the interests of Armenian people.
Today and tomorrow in France I will take part in a private event, as well as plan to meet people who can make an important contribution to our common cause, ”he wrote.
A few years ago, international-investigators revealed that Ruben Vardanyan, listed on the Forbes list and possessing more than $ 1 billion, transferred billions of dollars from Russia to offshore accounts.
It is also known that it has close ties with criminals. In Russian sources there is information about his connections with criminal authority Aslan Usoyan named “Grandfather Hassan”, Vardanyan. There are various versions about the reasons why Vardanyan abandoned Russian citizenship and settled in Karabakh. According to one of these versions, its goal is to avoid sanctions.