Imprisoned in Baku Former Artsakh Official Ends Hunger Strike
Ruben Vardanian, a former Russian citizen of Armenian descent who served as State Minister in the government of Artsakh from November 2022 to February 2023, has ended a hunger strike in a Baku prison, his family said on April 25.
A family statement said he ended the hunger strike because his health was deteriorating. Vardanian, a billionaire banker who renounced his Russian citizenship, was arrested and brought to Baku after Azerbaijan retook Artsakh in September. He began the hunger strike to demand his release and that of other detained former Karabakh separatist leaders.
