The recent Armenian court ruling related to Samvel Shahramanyan, the last representative of the now-defunct Armenian separatist administration in Karabakh, has triggered sharp debate, not so much for its legal substance, but for how it is being politically interpreted and publicly weaponized. While formally a domestic court matter, the decision has been framed by some actors as reopening questions that, in reality, have already been settled on the ground and in international law.