Baku Court Sentences Ex-Leader of Karabakh Armenians Vardanyan to 20 Years in Prison

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2026-02-17
BAKU, February 17 (RIA Novosti) - A court in Baku has sentenced Ruben Vardanyan, the former leader of Armenians of Karabakh detained by Azerbaijani law enforcers in 2023, to 20 years in prison, the military court told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. "Today, as part of the trial of Ruben Vardanyan, the legal successors of the victims appealed to the court with a demand to impose the maximum possible punishment on the accused — life imprisonment. The court......
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