STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS. The Republic of Nagorno Karabakh can and must have independence, members of the Russian observer delegation Vladimir Yevsen, Valery Korovin and Alexander Skakov told reporters on February 21.

“We haven’t noticed any violations during the referendum. The level of legal consciousness of the people of Nagorno Karabakh is quite high, and here we saw an established democratic country”, political scientist and delegation member Alexander Skakov said, and added that the April events will never be repeated. The Russian delegation members also said the fact that Nagorno Karabakh is unrecognized doesn’t mean anything, history cannot be erased.

The Central Referendum Commission of Nagorno Karabakh said the Constitutional changes draft is adopted. 87,6% of the voters cast their ballots in favor of the Constitutional changes.