As it is known, a preliminary investigation is being conducted in the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan regarding the investigation of numerous terrorist crimes committed in the past period by the illegal Armenian armed groups that operated in the territories of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.

Axar.az reports that the State Security Service has released information about this.

With the collected evidence, Vardanyan Ruben Karlenovich, born in 1968, who is currently a citizen of the Republic of Armenia, was convicted of 214-1 (financing terrorism), 279.3 (participation in the creation and operation of armed groups or groups not provided for by law) and 318.1 (Azerbaijan) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan Reasonable suspicions have been established that he has committed the criminal acts stipulated by the articles of the Republic of Kazakhstan (crossing the state border illegally). According to the indictment brought against him, it was established that Ruben Vardanyan, being a citizen of a foreign country, illegally crossed the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan outside the checkpoints in September 2022 in order to commit acts of terrorism and sabotage, and entered the temporary residence of Russian peacekeepers in the Karabakh economic region of the Republic of Azerbaijan. the weapons, ammunition, and explosives of the aforementioned illegal military units that entered the territory where they are located, formed and organized the activities of armed units not provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as raided offices, organizations and individuals that caused the death of people and other serious consequences participated in the provision of items, military equipment and military supplies. In addition, he financed terrorism by directing the funds to the organization of terrorist activities of those illegal armed groups.

Ruben Vardanyan was detained on September 27, 2023, for the illegal acts he committed, brought to criminal responsibility as an accused by the announcement of charges, and a pretrial detention measure was chosen for him by the court's decision. At the moment, investigative and operational measures are being continued in the criminal case.