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to sovereignty. my guest is ruben vardanyan, an armenian who made his fortune in russia and who is now de facto prime minister of nagorno—karabakh. his enclave is in deep trouble. will russia save it? reuben vatanen in nagorno—karabakh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. now, mrvardanyan, many in our hardtalk audience will not know very much about nagorno—karabakh, but suffice to say, you are the state minister in a tiny territory of some 120,000 people. and right now, you have an u...

lloyd morrisett came up with the idea of using tv to teach young children basic skills like counting and recognising letters. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. the war in ukraine has focused attention on vladimir putins apparent desire to remake a greater russian space, incorporating chunks of the former soviet empire. with that in mind, keep an eye on whats happening in the tiny, disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh, where ethnic armenians backed b...

reuben vatanen in nagorno—karabakh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. now, mrvardanyan, many in our hardtalk audience will not know very much about nagorno—karabakh, but suffice to say, you are the state minister in a tiny territory of some 120,000 people. and right now, you have an urgent crisis because your land route out to armenia is currently blockaded. what is the situation for the people living in your territory today? first of all, i want to say thank you for doing this inter...

very good morning. that is me down for the night. sally is here at the top of the hour. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. the war in ukraine has focused attention on vladimir putins apparent desire to remake a greater russian space, incorporating chunks of the former soviet empire. with that in mind, keep an eye on whats happening in the tiny, disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh, where ethnic armenians backed by russia continue to defy azerbaija...

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Now youve never been charged with anything but nonetheless there are allegations that you have been part of an oligarch system that vladimir putin, you know, watched over, and that thats partly an explanation of your great wealth. look, four years ago, this publication happened. in these four years, i continue to stay and keep my position in many, many international organizations which confirm what people who know is true, people who knows me personally understand this is allegation without any ...

Corruption reporting project and the navalny anti—corruption foundation have both accused you of, lets put it this way, dodgy business dealings in the past. now youve never been charged with anything but nonetheless there are allegations that you have been part of an oligarch system that vladimir putin, you know, watched over, and that thats partly an explanation of your great wealth. look, four years ago, this publication happened. in these four years, i continue to stay and keep my position ...

Charged with anything but nonetheless there are allegations that you have been part of an oligarch system that vladimir putin, you know, watched over, and that thats partly an explanation of your great wealth. look, four years ago, this publication happened. in these four years, i continue to stay and keep my position in many, many international organizations which confirm what people who know is true, people who knows me personally understand this is allegation without any proof, because no leg...

Investors and i built together with my partners the best investment bank in the region. we bring a lot of investors to russia and biggest companies. i made the business in england. i made the business in the united states. i have a board membership in 30 different countries. and i been doing a lot of things in many places in philanthropy. that is why i think your conclusion about my closeness to vladimir putin is not right because ive been working with many, many people in the power in a differe...

Russia natural gas into europe would be done, finished. he could be isolated from the access, russia could be isolated from access to the financial markets. you were one of the people who pushed for the act. he could receive personal sanctions. so much could be done. this seems like economic suicide and also, at some point you cant ride the russian body bags coming home to their families. how do you even maintain this oligarch system and this sort of autocracy given the pain you would be inflict...