The preliminary sitting on the criminal case of Ali Insanov, the Azerbaijan Ex-Health Minister, and the former employees of the Ministry he headed вЂ" Akif Maharramov, the Chief of the Medical Technique Department, Alexander Umnyashkin, the Chief of the International Relations Department, is expected to be presided by Judge Faig Gasimov, and the collegiums of judges вЂ" Azer Orujov and Hassan Ahmadov on February 15, 2007, a source in the Azerbaijan Court for Serious Crimes informed Trend.
Accused of exceeding one's commission, bribe taking and embezzlement, they were arrested by the law enforcement bodies in October, 2005. The forthcoming judicial sitting will be held in the first half of February 15, 2007.