“When I see Ruben Vardanyan’s condition in Baku captivity, at this trial, the first sensations are helplessness replaced by rage…..

Then gradually I remember the last meeting with Ruben Vardanyan in Moscow before his departure first to Armenia and later to Artsakh, and I get goosebumps.

At this meeting with representatives of the diaspora, Ruben Vardanyan, discussing what kind of leader Armenia needs now, said: “Today we do not need a leader who will lead the crowd, but we need someone who can sacrifice himself and his personal ambitions for the sake of the interests of the state and the nation.”

At that time, I didn’t quite understand what it meant….

And now I see a man who is outwardly exhausted, but so strong in spirit, who did what he told us earlier, he literally sacrificed himself, although he could have lived for his own pleasure.

But will his sacrifice be appreciated by the Armenian people? Whether his sacrifice will become a new symbol of the struggle for our people’s freedom and right to their own land, I don’t know….

In the future, we do not have even the slightest right to allow our citizens, our leaders of any level to be captured and judged by our enemy, it is time to end the lethargic sleep and helplessness!!!”