BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 9. The court hearing
in the criminal case against Armenian citizen Ruben Vardanyan,
accused under articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of
Azerbaijan related to crimes against peace and humanity, war
crimes, terrorism, financing of terrorism, and other grave
offenses, will continue on February 10, the Baku Military Court
told Trend.
The court hearing scheduled for December 30 in the criminal case
against Vardanyan was postponed for an indefinite period.
The reason was the ongoing deliberation by the judicial panel,
presided over by Judge Zeynal Aghayev and consisting of judges Anar
Rzayev and Jamal Ramazanov (with reserve judge Gunel Samadova), in
a separate case involving 15 Armenian citizens.
Ruben Vardanyan faces multiple charges under the Criminal Code
of the Republic of Azerbaijan, including Articles 100.1, 100.2
(planning, preparing, initiating, and waging a war of aggression),
107 (deportation and forced displacement of the population), 109
(persecution), 110 (forcible disappearance of persons), 112
(deprivation of liberty contrary to international law), 113
(torture), 114.1 (mercenary activity), 115.2 (violation of the laws
and customs of warfare), 116.0.1, 116.0.2, 116.0.10, 116.0.11,
116.0.16, 116.0.18 (violations of international humanitarian law
norms during an armed conflict), 120.2.1, 120.2.3, 120.2.4,
120.2.7, 120.2.11, 120.2.12 (intentional murder), 29.120.2.1,
29.120.2.3, 29.120.2.4, 29.120.2.7, 29.120.2.11, 29.120.2.12
(attempted intentional murder), 192.3.1 (illegal entrepreneurship),
214.2.1, 214.2.3, 214.2.4 (terrorism), 214-1 (financing of
terrorism), 218.1, 218.2 (creation of a criminal group), 228.3
(illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation, and
possession of firearms, ammunition, explosives, and devices),
270-1.2, 270-1.4 (acts threatening aviation safety), 278.1
(forcible seizure or retention of power, forcible change of the
constitutional structure of the state), 279.1, 279.2, 279.3
(creation of armed formations not provided for by law), and 318.2
(illegal crossing of the state border).
