BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 17. The final court
decision (verdict) has been announced in an open court session on
the criminal case against Armenian citizen Ruben Vardanyan, who is
accused of crimes against peace and humanity, war crimes, as well
as terrorism, financing terrorism, and other serious crimes under
the articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
Trend reports.
At the court session held at the Baku Military Court, chaired by
judges Zeynal Aghayev and consisting of Jamal Ramazanov and Anar
Rzayev (reserve judge Gunel Samadova), the accused was provided
with an interpreter in the language he knows, namely Russian, as
well as a lawyer at the state's expense for his defense.
The hearing has been attended by the accused, his defense
attorney, some of the victims and legal heirs of the victims and
their representatives, prosecutors defending the state prosecution,
as well as the Head of the Cabinet of Ministers' Office Rufat
Mammadov, as the victim on behalf of the Azerbaijani state, as well
as the head of the Cabinet of Ministers' Office.
According to the verdict, Vardanyan was sentenced to a total of
20 years in prison.
At the trial, the prosecutor defending the state prosecution
proposed that the accused Vardanyan be sentenced to life
imprisonment.
The preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated
against Armenian citizen Ruben Vardanyan, who is charged with
crimes against peace and humanity, war crimes, terrorism, financing
of terrorism, and other articles of the Criminal Code of
Azerbaijan, was conducted by the State Security Service of
Azerbaijan.
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