BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 3. A trial has begun in
Baku against a group of Russian citizens, Sergey Safronov, Anton
Drachyov, Dmitry Bezugly, Dmitry Fedorov, Alexander Vaiserov,
Valery Dulov, Alexey Vasilchenko, and Ilya Bezugly, Trend reports.
At a hearing in Baku in the Court for Serious Criminal Cases,
presided over by Judge Firdovsi Aliyev, the personal details of the
defendants were verified.
Their defense attorneys filed motions to replace the pretrial
detention with house arrest.
The court denied the motions; the next hearing is scheduled for
April 10.
Meanwhile, Sergey Safronov, Anton Drachyov, Dmitry Bezugly,
Dmitry Fedorov, Alexander Vaiserov, Valery Dulov, Alexey
Vasilchenko, and Ilya Bezugly were detained as a result of an
operation by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs targeting
the transit of narcotics through Iran, drug trafficking, and cyber
fraud. On July 1 of last year, the Sabayil District Court imposed a
preventive measure in the form of detention on them.
