An Azerbaijani court has rejected an appeal against the arrest of former state minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, world-famous businessman and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan.
This is reported by Trend. “An appeal against the decision to extend the detention of Ruben Vardanyan has been considered. Vardanyan participated in the process together with his lawyer.
They asked to cancel the arrest decision. The court presided by Gadim Babayev studied the materials of the criminal case against R. Vardanyan, examined the circumstances of the case and announced the final decision. Based on the decision, the appeal was rejected as ungrounded,” the source said.
Ruben Vardanyan is accused of financing terrorism, participation in the creation and activities of armed formations or groups not provided for by the legislation of Azerbaijan and illegal crossing of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Ruben Vardanyan found himself in Azerbaijani captivity together with other NKR leaders in September last year during the occupation of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) by Azerbaijan
