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  • Trial on ROA Citizen Charged with Espionage for Azerbaijan Underway

    TRIAL ON ARMENIAN CITIZEN CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE IN FAVOR OF
    AZERBAIJAN UNDERWAY IN YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, JUNE 9. ARMINFO. Trial on Armenian citizen Andrey Maziyev is
    underway at the First Instance Court of Yerevan communities
    Malatia-Sebatia. He is charged with three articles of the Armenian
    Criminal Code (high treason through espionage, contribution to
    preparation of a terrorist act, contribution to preparation of the
    murder of a state political figure).

    Andrey Maziyev was born in 1961. He is Russian by nationality, from
    Tuapse, Krasnodar region. he worked as en engineer at Zvartnots
    airport, married, has children. He has previous convictions for
    hooliganism (1994 and 1999).

    According to the conclusion announced today, in October 1999 Maziyev
    was in Azerbaijan wherein he was enlisted by Azerbaijani special
    services. By Jan 4 2005 he was receiving tasks from the special
    services and fulfilling them. On the whole, he met with
    representatives of Azerbaijani special services 17times and received
    some 2.5 thous. USD. He sent Armenian Russian language newspaper to
    the special services of Azerbaijan, collected information of domestic
    political situations in Armenia, on military and defense complex and
    the situation in army, information of economic nature as well as on
    NKR. The special services were interested whether Maziyev had
    acquaintances among the relatives of Nairi Hunanyan and Mushegh
    Saghatelyan.

    In the autumn of 2000, in conformity with regular instructions,
    Maziyev took photos of the president on the latter's arrival from a
    tour. He photographed the landing plane, helicopters protecting the
    territory of the airport, the president and his escort passing by the
    building where Maziyev lives. He also took photos of the president in
    hangar and the building of the airport. He handed over the photos to
    the special services, informing them of the places of snipers.

    At today's trial, Maziyev pled guilty. The same day 7 witnesses were
    interrogated. The trial is chaired by the judge Tigran Petrosyan. The
    prosecution is represented by Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan and
    Prosecutor Aram Amirzadyan. The trial will continue on June 13.
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