 Ter-Petrosyan, however, contested that he was unable to control what the Armenians in Karabakh were planning.The loss of Shusha later led to mass demonstrations in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku against newly reinstated president Ayaz Mütallibov.Charged for failing to defend the cities of Shusha on 9th and later Lachin on 18th, he was forced to step down.