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Armenian citizen R.Vardanyan was detained as an accused person and
brought to justice
A preliminary investigation is underway by the State
Security Service regarding the numerous terrorist crimes committed in the past
period by the illegal Armenian armed formations operated in the territories of
the Republic of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is
temporarily stationed.
Based on the collected evidence, reasonable suspicions
have arisen that Vardanyan Ruben Karlenovich, born in 1968, currently a citizen
of the Republic of Armenia, committed the criminal acts under Articles 214-1
(financing of terrorism), 279.3 (participation in an armed formations or
groups, which are not provided by the legislation) and 318.1 (illegal crossing
of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan)
of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
According to the charges brought against him, it was
determined that Ruben Vardanyan, a citizen of a foreign country, illegally
crossed the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan outside the checkpoints
in September 2022 in order to commit acts of terrorism and sabotage in the area
of Karabakh economic region of the Republic of Azerbaijan, where the Russian
peacekeepers are temporally deployed and within those areas participated in the
establishment and organization of the activity of the armed formations not foreseen
by the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as supplying the
mentioned illegal military units which carried out raids on offices,
organizations and individuals that caused the death of people and other serious
consequences with weapons, ammunition, explosives, military equipment and
military supplies. Moreover, he financed terrorism by directing funds for the
implementation of terrorist activity of the relevant illegal armed formations.
Ruben Vardanyan was detained on September 27, 2023,
for the illegal acts committed by him, brought to criminal responsibility as an
accused person by announcing the charge and sentenced to pre-trial detention by
the court order.
Currently, investigative and operational measures on
the criminal case are underway.
