Ruben Vardanyan

WASHINGTON (RFE/RL) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken phoned Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Monday, January 23, to call for an immediate end to Azerbaijan’s six-week blockade of the sole road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to[...]

By Ruzanna Stepanyan and Gayane Sarikbekyan YEREVAN/STEPANAKERT (Azatutyun.am) — Ruben Vardanyan, the Nagorno-Karabakh premier, refused to resign over the January 14-15 weekend amid speculation that the Armenian government is seeking his[...]

Throughout history Armenians have been notoriously divided, even in the face of catastrophe, and that, more often than not, has contributed to our historic losses. Today, as Artsakh nears the point of extinction, are we speaking with one[...]

By Artak Khulian STEPANAKERT (Azatutyun) — Almost one month after Azerbaijan blocked the sole road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, the authorities in Stepanakert decided on Monday, January 9, to limit the sale of some basic[...]

Global political players prey on and use the misery of smaller nations to score political gains. In the case of Kosovo, the West was vitally interested to break up the former Yugoslavia and even used NATO forces to create a Muslim nation[...]

STEPANAKERT (Azatutyun) — Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership continued to strike a defiant note on Monday, December 19, as the only road connecting the region to Armenia remained blocked by Azerbaijan for the eighth consecutive day.[...]

STEPANAKERT (Azatutyun) — Ruben Vardanyan, a prominent Armenian billionaire, warned of a “tough road” ahead for Nagorno-Karabakh as he formally took up the post of the country’s prime minister, on Friday, November 4. Born and[...]

VENICE — The seventh annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity was awarded to Jamila Afghani, an educator, human rights defender, and founder of the Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO), on October 15. Afghani[...]

STEPANAKERT (PanARMENIAN.Net) — Russian-Armenian entrepreneur and billionaire Ruben Vardanyan, who recently moved to Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), has been appointed State Minister of Republic. “I have proposed to Ruben Vardanyan – a[...]

WATERTOWN — During times of crisis, Armenians frequently call for unity as a people and a nation, and during the current era of Armenian independence a number of different fora had been created by various organizations and bodies,[...]