Ruben Karleni Vardanyan is a Russian-Armenian oligarch and a politician who served as the State Minister of the Republic of Artsakh, an unrecognized state in the South Caucasus, from 4 November 2022 until 23 February 2023. From Wikipedia
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev rebuffs U.S. lawmakers' calls for the release of political prisoners ahead of the climate conference.
