Nassim Taleb raises awareness Ruben Vardanyan’s arrest by Azerbaijan’s![]() December 8, 2023 - 12:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Renowned thinker and philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb has raised awareness about the detention and arrest of Ruben Vardanyan – a businessman and millionaire who at one point served as the State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) – by Azerbaijan. “Armenia needs help,” Taleb said in a post on X on Thursday, December 8. “Just learned that my friend Ruben Vartanian is a prisoner in Azerbaijan. He had switched career from derivatives trader/philanthropist to leader of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). “He is not even treated as a prisoner of war, but as a ‘terrorist’.” ![]() ![]() The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |