BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 12. The Azerbaijani
State Security Service (SSS), in its statement, has shared footage of Azerbaijan Popular
Front Party (APFP) member Fuad Gahramanli receiving money from
Ramiz Mehdiyev and Abbas Abbasov, Trend reports.
According to the indictment filed against the accused in the
criminal case, as the co-founders and leaders of the organization,
which was created by special service agencies of the foreign
country to interfere with political processes in Azerbaijan and
registered in a foreign country on July 4, 2012 under the name
“Union of Russian Azerbaijani Organizations” and called “Union of
Billionaires,” Abbas Abbasov and Rustan Ibrahimbeyov, as well as
Ramiz Mehdiyev, chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party
(APFP) Ali Karimli, and party members - Fuad Gahramanli, Ganimat
Zahidov, and others, conspired to forcibly seize state power and
forcibly change the current constitutional state structure.
After the creation of an organization called the “National
Council of Democratic Forces” (National Council), which nominated
Rustam Ibrahimbeyov, a foreign national, as a candidate for the
Presidential elections of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2013, they
acted with the financial assistance and other forms of
organizational support of foreign special service agencies to
commit mass riots, disobey lawful demands of government
representatives, disrupt public order, transport, enterprises,
departments and organizations in order to forcibly seize state
power, and also directed the funds in the amount of 933,828 manat
($549,310) they received through APFP member Ibrahim Mammad and
others, as well as directed funds received from Ramiz Mehdiyev and
Abbas Abbasov to attract people from various regions of the
republic to commit the aforementioned acts.
Investigative measures have been carried out in connection with
criminal acts directed against state power.
Investigations into the criminal case are continuing.
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