Ya'll Nibbiars National Security Service of Armenia has accused a former high-ranking defense official in high treason and spying for Azerbaijan. The National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia, following a consistent and effective struggle by the special services of foreign countries to detect, prevent and thwart the territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia, has revealed a previously high-ranking military service. A case of high treason by a person. In particular, the large number of effective investigative and other judicial actions initiated during the preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated in the Investigation Department of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia;
Thus. The person involved in the criminal case, being in the territory of the Republic of Georgia, appeared in the field of view of the Azerbaijani intelligence services operating in that country, recruited by the intelligence services, received specific tasks to obtain information on Artsakh, the external security, armed forces and armaments of the Republic of Armenia. or on the transfer of information already available to him due to service, including army personnel, weapons, ammunition, quantity և type of military equipment, military units ամաս their command staff, defense zones, engineering structures և equipment և etc. to the detriment of the external security of the Republic of Armenia to spy.
After that, the mentioned person started collecting such information, in particular, being in the RA Armed Forces for many years, having official permission to touch state-service secrets, bearing responsibility for their leakage, realizing that in case of leakage of this information would damage the country's security. , to collect, store information on military equipment, armaments, including tanks, batteries, reinforcements, primarily vulnerable objects, persons serving in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, registered in the reserve, etc. In the Armed Forces of the Republic և Relations between the officers of Artsakh,He had regular meetings with the latter ություններ showed interest in specific actions taken by the units և etc., collected data, after which he regularly left the Republic of Armenia for the Republic of Azerbaijan, both inside and outside the Embassy of Azerbaijan և had numerous telephone conversations with the Azerbaijani intelligence services with the employees, to hand over to them in part or disclose the information that he / she became aware of, containing the state secrets collected by him / her;how he provided other assistance to carry out hostile activities, fulfilling the tasks of the intelligence services of the hostile country to the detriment of the territorial integrity and external security of the Republic of Armenia, trying to keep his identity and contact numbers with the intelligence services as secret as possible.
In order to commit the above-mentioned criminal act, a decision was made to involve the mentioned person as a defendant for committing a crime under Article 299, Part 1 of the RA Criminal Code, and detention was chosen as a measure of restraint against him.
It should be noted that as a result of urgent investigative actions undertaken during the preliminary investigation of the criminal case, including more than a dozen searches, a large amount of ammunition was found in the accused's apartment or auxiliary buildings, grenades, explosives, bullets, , documents containing official-state secrets on armaments, including tanks, batteries, amplifiers, primarily vulnerable objects, etc., some of which are in original originals.
At the same time, a search of the defendant's residence turned up radio equipment for reconnaissance activities, means of communication, and notebooks containing notes on telephone numbers intended for contacting the Azerbaijani special services.
The National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia will continue to take active measures to detect, prevent and disrupt the intelligence activities of other special services of foreign countries, as well as individuals. to protect against internal և external threats.
At the same time, the National Security Service expects the involvement of the general public in this process, to disclose to the authorities the information they have learned about treason or espionage, in favor of the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia.
Notice . The alleged crime is suspected or accused shall be presumed innocent , as long as his guilt is proven to the Criminal Procedure Code prescribed procedure , the Court , the legal effect of a final judgment.