Azerbaijan, Baku / Т corr K. Zarbaliyeva / A preliminary hearing on the criminal case on the brother of the ex-Minister for Economic Development, Farkhad Aliyev, former president of the Azpetrol group of companies, Rafik Aliyev, has been scheduled for 15 May and is to be held at the Court on Heinous Crimes of Azerbaijan presided by Judge Tofik Pashayev. 19 persons are accused in the case.
The defendants are charged in compliance with Articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2 (misappropriation and dissipation), 192.1, 192.2 (illegal entrepreneurship), 206.4 (smuggling), 213.4 (tax evasion), 308.2 (abuse of power), 311.3.1, 311.2, 311.3.3 (bribery) and 313 (falsification of documents). The charged persons are Farhad Aliyev, the former Minister for Economic Development(Articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2, 192.2.1, 192.2.2, 206.4, 213.4, 308.2, 311.3.1, 311.3.2, 311.3.3 and 313 of the Criminal Code), Ismayil Mansimov, the former adviser at the Ministry of Economic Development (Articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2, 308.2, 311.3.1, 311.3.2, 311.3.3, 313 of the Criminal Code), Agha-Ali Ahmadov, the former director general of the Republican Auction Centre at the Ministry of Economic Development, (Articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2, 308.2 and 313 of the Criminal Code), Elchin Nadirov, the former director of the Juridical Department at the Ministry of the Economic Development, (Articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2, 308.2 and 313 of the Criminal Code), Gadir Huseynov, the former executive director of the National Entrepreneurship Promoting Foundation of the Ministry of Economic Development, (Articles 308.2, 311.3.2, 311.3.3 of the Criminal Code), Sakit Bakhishov, the former head of the License Control and Registration Office of the Entrepreneurship Promoting Department at the Ministry of Economic Development, (Articles 308.2, 311.3.1, 311.3.2, 311.3.3 of the Criminal Code), Elshad Abbasov, the former Assistant Minister for Economic Development, (Article 308 of the Criminal Code), Mirmajid Ahmadov, the former head of the Small-Scale Privatization and Land Organizing Office of the Management and Privatization of State Property at the Ministry of Economic Development, (Article 308 of the Criminal Code), Maarif Gurbanov (Articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2, 311.3.1, 311.3.2, 311.3.3 and 313 of the Criminal Code), Chingiz Ibadov, the former director of the Departmen for Register, Farming of State Property and Land at the Ministry of State Property, (Articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2 and 313 of the Criminal Code), unemployed Mirsalim Ahmadov (Articles 311.3.1 and 311.3.3 of the Criminal Code), unemployed Mahammadnabi Rustamov (Articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2. and 313 of the Criminal Code), Rafik Aliyev, the former chairman of the Committee of Directors of the Azpetrol group of companies, (Articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2, 188, 192.2.1, 192.2.2, 206.3.1, 206.4, 213.4, 259, 313 of the Criminal Code), RAfik Abbasov, the former director of the Az Trans Rail joint-stock company, (Articles 206.4 and 313 of the Criminal Code), Alikhan Pashayev, the former head of the Liman customs place of the Energy Customs Department at the State Customs Committee (Articles 206.4 and 313 of the Criminal Code), Aghabey Huseynov, the former head of the Azerkabel joint-stock company in Mingachevir, (Article 312.2 of the Criminal Code ), Sergey Borshevski, the chairman of the Committee of Directors of the Azerkabel joint-stock company, (Article 312.2 of the Criminal Code), Yusif Hamidov, the accountant of the Neftchi football club, (Article 213.4 of the Criminal Code), and Adalat Dadashev, the head of the Marketing Department of the Balakhani Machine-Building Plant, (Article 213.4 of the Criminal Code).