Ruben Vardanyan’s arrest period extended

The Sabail District Court made a decision on the ongoing criminal case against Ruben Vardanyan, which is being investigated by the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, oxu.az reports. The preventive measure in the form of arrest has been extended for the so-called “state minister” of the former separatist regime Ruben Vardanyan.

Ruben Vardanyan (born in 1968) was detained in Karabakh last year and taken to Baku. He is charged under Articles 214-1 (financing terrorism), 279.3 (participation in the creation and activities of armed formations or groups not provided for by law) and 318.1 (illegal crossing of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Recall that earlier the BBC and other foreign media outlets published extensive investigative materials exposing the mechanisms of Ruben Vardanyan’s money laundering and his other actions in different countries.

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