Azerbaijan’s border guard service said on Wednesday it had arrested the former leader of Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist movement.

Ruben Vardanyan, a billionaire businessman and philanthropist of Armenian descent, was taken to Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, authorities said.

The mountain road leading out of Nagrono-Karabakh towards Armenia has been clogged for days, as people continue to flee the region. Many have reportedly slept in their cars and sought to keep warm as they were stuck in the jam.

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