A criminal case against Vardanyan Ruben Karlenovich has been referred to court, this was stated in a joint statement by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the State Security Service, APA reports.
The criminal case was investigated by the Main Investigation Department of the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan regarding the facts of terrorism, financing of terrorism, crimes against peace and humanity against the Republic and people of Azerbaijan, war crimes, and numerous other crimes.
It was noted that, based on the collected reliable evidence, the accused Ruben Vardanyan participated in the creation and organization of the activities of the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" and illegal armed formations established in the territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan occupied by the Republic of Armenia, and was charged with Articles 100 (planning and waging a war of aggression), 107 (deportation or forced transfer of the population), 109 (persecution), 112 (deprivation of liberty contrary to international law), 113 (torture), 114 (mercenary), 115 (violation of the laws and customs of war), 116 (violation of international humanitarian law during an armed conflict), 214 (terrorism), 214-1 (financing terrorism), 218 (creation of a criminal association (organization)), 228 (illegal possession of weapons, their components) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. A final indictment has been announced for the acts stipulated in Articles 270-1 (acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation and carrying of weapons, ammunition, explosives, and devices), 278 (forcible seizure and retention of power, forcible change of the constitutional structure of the state), 279 (creation of armed formations and groups not provided for by law), 318 (illegal crossing of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and other articles.
