Billionaire Ruben Vardanyan opted for Russian citizenship
He intends to move to Nagorno-Karabakh. At the same time, the businessman thanked Russia for his success in his professional activities, as well as for assistance in resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
Businessman Ruben Vardanyan announced that he was renouncing his Russian citizenship and moving to Nagorno-Karabakh. Entrepreneur’s video message published on your own YouTube channel.
Vardanyan said that he had made a decision to get out of the crisis, but after the events in 2020, “we, the Armenians of the whole world, must be together with the people of Artsakh.” In addition, the businessman thanked Russia, where he achieved success in business:
“I want more to Russia. I am grateful to you, because in Russia I achieved my successes, I became a businessman, as a person, as a professional. But I made a decision, realizing what risks I take, I prefer from Russian citizenship and come to Artsakh as a citizen of Armenia. This decision was given to me very quickly, but so correctly. And I am very grateful that Russia is meeting in Artsakh today, peaceful troops are standing and protecting the safety of the people of Artsakh. Now for us, for Armenians, an existential moment has come, this is when you don’t feel it, it’s like radiation, it seems to you that nothing is happening, but in fact we are now having an existential moment. If we all, those who care, don’t stand together, hand in hand, and be each other’s girls, we will lose what is our mainstay, which means we will lose our future.”
Forbes estimates the fortune of Ruben Vardanyan in billions of dollars. The history of the creation of Troika Dialog, which 11 years ago was sold Sberbank and became its investment division – Sber CIB. Now among the owners of the owners is the Romanov Dvor business center, which is within walking distance from the Kremlin. As well as a stake in the BaltTransService company, which is engaged in the rail transportation of petroleum products. RBC Vardanyan said: “I will give everything to the management of the partner and transfer it to the family fund.”