French magazine Le Parisien called Ruben Vardanyan the victim of a fake trial in Azerbaijan
Le Parisien published an article titled “The man who must be overthrown: Ruben Vardanyan is the victim of a fake trial in Azerbaijan”. The article tells the story of the philanthropist who faces 42 charges.
The article reports that Vardanyan’s international lawyer Jared Genser condemned the show trial from the first day of the hearing. “The 25,000-page criminal case is written entirely in Azerbaijani, a language that the accused Vardanyan does not speak”, the magazine emphasizes.
Azerbaijani media call Ruben a war criminal, although he has never worn a military uniform. “This is a gross violation of the European Convention on Human Rights,” Vardanyan’s lawyer stated.
The article also cites the opinion of Tigran Yeghavyan, professor of Schiller International University and author of the work “Geopolitics of Armenia”. “Ruben Vardanyan is the man the regime fears the most, he is the one who needs to be overthrown. Ilham Aliyev needs this historical trial to turn the page of the history of independent Nagorno-Karabakh,” the expert believes.