BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 17. The list of weapons and equipment provided by Armenia to illegal armed groups was announced during today's court session on the criminal case of Armenian citizen Ruben Vardanyan, accused of crimes against peace and humanity, war crimes, as well as terrorism, financing of terrorism and other grave crimes stipulated by the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Trend reports.
It was noted that the Armenian state has armed the so-called “Nagorno-Karabakh Republic” and its illegal armed formations it created in the sovereign territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan it once occupied and kept under its control through Ruben Vardanyan and others with a total of 160 different pieces of armored combat equipment, 16,805,903 different types of small arms, their components and ammunition, 230 different types of mortars, 137 different types of anti-tank vehicles, 162 different types of artillery pieces, three-legged radar systems and other types of military and technical assets, 41,522 different types of hand grenades, as well as the “Pole-21” radio jamming complex used to divert flying aircraft and other equipment from their targets and the “Repellent-1” radio electronic warfare complex used to silence navigation and telemetry signals.
In conclusion, Senior Assistant to the Prosecutor General Vusal Aliyev read out relevant articles of the Criminal Code the accused Ruben Vardanyan is charged with.
It was noted that Ruben Vardanyan was charged with crimes under Articles 100.1, 100.2 (planning, preparing, initiating and waging a war of aggression), 107 (deportation and forced displacement of the population), 109 (persecution), 110 (forcible disappearance of persons), 112 (deprivation of liberty contrary to international law), 113 (torture), 114.1 (mercenary activity), 115.2 (violation of the laws and customs of warfare), 116.0.1, 116.0.2, 116.0.10, 116.0.11, 116.0.16, 116.0.18 (violation of international humanitarian law during armed conflict), 120.2.1, 120.2.3, 120.2.4, 120.2.7, 120.2.11, 120.2.12 (intentional murder), 29,120.2.1, 29,120.2.3, 29,120.2.4, 29,120.2.7, 29,120.2.11, 29,120.2.12 (attempted intentional murder), 192.3.1 (illegal entrepreneurship), 214.2.1, 214.2.3, 214.2.4 (terrorism), 214-1 (financing of terrorism), 218.1, 218.2 (creation of a criminal group), 228.3 (illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation and possession of firearms, their components, ammunition, explosives and devices), 270-1.2, 270-1.4 (acts threatening aviation safety), 278.1 (forcible seizure or retention of power, forcible change of the constitutional structure of the state), 279.1, 279.2, 279.3 (creation of armed formations or groups not provided for by law) and 318.2 (illegal crossing of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan).
This completed the announcement of the concluding part of the indictment on the case.
Then, presiding judge Zeynal Aghayev explained to the accused the essence of each charge brought against him, the legal classification of the acts announced to him and the punishment provided for by the criminal law for such acts, as well as the rights of the accused.
Then, during the hearing, the judge asked the accused questions about whether he considered himself guilty according to the legislation.
The accused refused to answer the questions asked as a gesture of objection to the charges brought against him.
The next court hearing is scheduled for February 25.