International Organizations Should Raise Issue Of Sanctions Against Vardanyan - American Analyst
Date
12/16/2022 12:09:56 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 16 . International
organizations should raise the issue of sanctions against Russian
billionaire of Armenian origin Ruben Vardanyan, American analyst
Irina Zuckerman told trend .
Ruben Vardanyan, who calls himself the 'state minister of
Karabakh', has not severed his ties with Russia. He renounced
Russian citizenship but retained his business and assets in Russia.
In 2022, he fled from Western sanctions in Karabakh and start
engaging in illegal mining and export of gold from here.
'It is obvious that by joining a separatist proxy for Russia,
Vardanyan has only found a new way to continue business as usual.
Therefore, Azerbaijan should bring up the matter of sanctions
against him to the State Department and Treasury's attention, as
should human rights organizations,' she said.
American analyst stressed that illegal mining of Azerbaijani
gold is a violation of the country's national sovereignty and
unjust enrichment of Vardanyan and his corrupt cronies.
According to her, it is worth asking where the money from the
sale of illegally mined natural resources of Azerbaijan goes.
'That is the angle that would be of the utmost interest to the
international community at this moment, in particular Washington
and Brussels' she said.
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