Dan Bilzerian, an American multimillionaire, a playboy and a professional poker player announced by Azerbaijan on an international wanted list for an illegal visit to Karabakh in 2018, again appeared in Armenia.
According to Bilzyan, he flew to Yerevan, “to attend a friend’s wedding.” However, in an interview with Armenian journalists, the multimillionaire spoke about his plans to invest in Armenia, noting that, in particular, he was interested in the production of alcohol products.
The fact that local authorities seriously perceived the statement of an extravagant American is evidenced by the meeting of Bilzyan with the Minister of Economics of Armenia Vaan Kerobyan.
Having reported this on his Facebook page, Minister Kerobyan wrote that he met with Dan Bilzyan, who arrived in Armenia, and discussed with him the possibilities of the implementation of production investment.
When the journalists asked the Minister of Economics, which particular spheres of Bilserian intended to invest his money, it turned out that the American multimillionaire did not give any promises regarding the investment. Which, however, did not prevent Kerobyan from emphasizing that at a meeting with the “King of Poker”, “some projects were discussed.”
“In this regard, we considered it worth reminding Mr. to the minister that at one time Kim Kardashian also promised to open a underwear factory in Armenia, writes the Graparak Yerevan newspaper. – But this project remained in the air. However Kerobyan did not answer our replica, and retired. As always, everything happens only at the level of the show and photographs. “
Note that in August 2018, Dan Bilzyan’s visit to Armenia, and from there to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan was organized by Levon Kocharyan, the son of the former president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan. As Levon Kocharyan subsequently stated, they made friends with Bilzyan back in the United States during the period when King Poker decided to accept Armenian citizenship and even stood in Armenia for military registration. Bilserian was also remembered by the fact that he shot at the military training ground of the occupation forces in Karabakh from grenade launchers, machine guns and other types of weapons.
It was then that the Azerbaijan Prosecutor General’s Office opened a criminal case under several articles related to the illegal visit of Bilzyan to Karabakh, after which Interpol announced Bilzyan on the international wanted list.
We note in fairness that this time the multimillionaire did not dare to appear in the territories of Azerbaijan. As, however, he also did not dare to invest money in Armenia earned in the gambling business.
The episode with Bilzyan once again proves that the rich representatives of the Armenian diaspora are more tied to money than to Armenia itself, and therefore tactfully refrain from investment in a country that currently has no economic prospects.