Azerbaijan Prolongs Arrest Period For Armenian Separatist


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 18. The arrest period has been extended for Ruben Vardanyan, who held the“position” of the so-called“state minister” of the separatist Regime in Azerbaijan's Karabakh, Trend reports.

The decision on the ongoing criminal case initiated by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan against Vardanyan was issued by the Sabail District Court of Baku.

To note, significant suspicions have been revealed that Vardanyan, who is currently a citizen of Armenia, has committed criminal acts under Articles 214-1 (financing of terrorism), 279.3 (participation in the organization and activities of armed formations or groups not stipulated by law), and 318.1 (illegal crossing of the state border of Azerbaijan) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

During the past period, several international organizations and foreign media outlets have released extensive investigative materials exposing money laundering mechanisms in various countries and other actions of Ruben Vardanyan. He is recognized as the only billionaire with Armenian citizenship who, after renouncing his Russian citizenship and acquiring Armenian citizenship, became the so-called "state minister" of the separatist regime in Karabakh.

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