Baku: The court proceedings in the criminal case against Armenian citizen Ruben Vardanyan continued as the prosecutor defending the state prosecution addressed the court hearing held at the Baku Military Court. In his remarks, the prosecutor called for a life sentence to be handed out to Ruben Vardanyan, who is accused under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan of crimes against peace and humanity, war crimes, terrorism, and other grave offenses.
According to Azeri-Press News Agency, Vardanyan faces multiple charges, including planning, preparing, initiating, and waging a war of aggression, deportation and forced displacement of the population, persecution, forcible disappearance of persons, deprivation of liberty contrary to international law, and torture. The charges also extend to mercenary activity, violation of the laws and customs of warfare, and various violations of international humanitarian law norms during an armed conflict.
Vardanyan is further accused of intentional murder, attempted intentional murder, illegal entrepreneurship, terrorism, and financing of terrorism. Additionally, he is charged with the creation of a criminal group, illegal acquisition and possession of firearms, acts threatening aviation safety, forcible seizure or retention of power, forcible change of the constitutional structure of the state, creation of armed formations not provided for by law, and illegal crossing of the state border.
The list of charges against Vardanyan is extensive, involving numerous articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The court proceedings are part of an ongoing legal process to address the serious allegations leveled against him.