“Mr. Vardanyan has nothing to do with Russia, the Russian authorities have nothing to do with him... We have not had any cases related to his decision to go to Karabakh and start participating in some kind of political life there. and are not going to have,” he said.
On September 1, billionaire businessman Ruben Vardanyan announced his decision to renounce Russian citizenship and move to the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Russian President Vladimir Putin granted businessman Ruben Vardanyan's request to renounce Russian citizenship in December.