Арестован бывший министр обороны Карабаха Самвел Бабаян

В среду (22 марта) поздно вечером армянские СМИ сообщили об аресте бывшего министра обороны Карабаха Самвела Бабаяна. В сообщениях говорится, что Служба национальной безопасности Армении подтвердила, что Бабаян и еще двое "были задержаны по подозрению в контрабанде ПЗРК "Игла" в Армению".

Самвела Бабаяна считается харизматичной, но спорной фигурой среди армян. Некоторые считают его героем войны с Азербайджаном в 1990-х годах. Позднее он стал министром обороны самопровозглашенной Нагорно-Карабахской Республики. После его увольнения он был арестован за попытку убийства тогдашнего президента самопровозглашенной Нагорно-Карабахской Республики Аркадия Гукасяна.

Большую часть последних лет Бабаян проживал в Москве, но в прошлом году по невыясненным причинам вернулся в Карабах. По этому поводу политический редактор commonsapce.eu тогда писал, что "возвращение Бабаяна в Нагорный Карабах является прямым вызовом не только нынешнему руководству самопровозглашенной республики, но и президенту Армении Сержу Саргсяну, и есть предположение, что Бабаян может объединиться с политическими силами, которые нацелены на свержение Саргсяна." Вы можете прочитать комментарий политического редактора commonspace.eu о возвращении Самвела Бабаяна в Нагорный Карабах, опубликованный в июне 2016 года здесь

Источник: commonspace.eu по материалам агентств

Фото: Самвел Бабаян (фото из архива)

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