AZERBAIJAN: THREE SOLDIERS MORE SENTENCED FOR TREASON
Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
Source: Turan news agency (Baku), July 19, 2007
July 23, 2007 Monday
The court for gross crimes heard the case of three soldiers of the
national army accused of state treason who served in the Fizuli
District. Judge Iskender Gadzhiev stated that Elchin Akhmedov, Ramin
Mamedyarov and Agasalim Salimov were guilty of treason and sentenced
them to 14, 13 and 12 years of imprisonment respectively.
Investigators found out that during service in the Fizuli District
between July and October of 2006, the three soldiers established
contact with the Armenian military. They handed military secrets,
information about personnel of their military unit and other
information over to the enemy. The overall quantity of servicemen
sentenced in Azerbaijan for treason in the last year amounts to
about 20.