The verdict in the case against businessman and philanthropist, former Artsakh state minister Ruben Vardanyan, will be announced on February 17, according to a statement by the Baku Military Court, APA reports.
At a hearing held on February 10, the court declared the trial concluded, after which the panel withdrew to deliberate.
Vardanyan has been charged with “crimes against peace and humanity, war crimes, terrorism and financing terrorism,” although he did not participate in military operations and was not present in Artsakh during the war.
Earlier, former President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan was sentenced to life imprisonment. Life sentences were also handed down to former Defense Army commander Levon Mnatsakanyan and his former first deputy Davit Manukyan, as well as former Artsakh Foreign Minister Davit Babayan and National Assembly Speaker Davit Ishkhanyan.
Former Presidents of the Artsakh Republic Arkady Ghukasyan and Bako Sahakyan were sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Madat Babayan and Melikset Pashayan received 19-year sentences, Garik Martirosyan was sentenced to 18 years, Davit Alaverdyan and Levon Balayan to 16 years, and Erik Ghazaryan, Gurgen Stepanyan and Vasily Beglaryan to 15 years in prison.
