Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani government accuses former prime minister Vardanyan of supporting terrorism
Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani government accuses former prime minister Vardanyan of supporting terrorism

Azerbaijani court ordered the arrest of the former prime minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh separatists, Ruben Vardanyan, ... executed yesterday, accusing him of "financing terrorism", "creation of illegal armed groups or groups" and "illegal crossing of the border ": this was reported by the Azerbaijani secret services, reported by the Interfax agency. According to Russian media, Vardanyan faces up to 14 years in prison. After a military offensive and a truce brokered by Moscow, Azerbaijan is taking control of Nagorno-Karabakh, causing a mass exodus of Armenian refugees from the separatist region for the which Yerevan accuses Baku of "ethnic cleansing".