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R.Mirkadyrov gives testimonies and denies the allegations
On July 11 a journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov, accused of high treason, for the first time since his arrest on April 19 testified investigation.
From 11:00 to 18:00 with participation of his lawyers, he gave detailed testimony to the investigation and completely denied the charges against him. "Due to the secrecy of the investigation we cannot disclose the content of the testimony," said the lawyer Elmar Suleymanov.
* Columnist of the "Mirror" newspaper, Mirkadyrov Rauf was arrested in Baku on April 19 immediately after the deportation from Turkey. He was accused of spying for Armenia, and on April 21 the court arrested him for three months. Journalist denied the accusation, calling it absurd and refused to testify.-06B -
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- 12 July 2014 00:56
Politics
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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