The State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan accuses the head of the Council of Elders of Nardaran Natig Kerimov of spying for a foreign country. This agency has not specified, which country Kerimov worked for.
As SSS said in the evening of January 7, as a result of the operational and investigative activities conducted by the staff of the agency, "there is reasonable suspicion that a citizen of Azerbaijan, resident of the Nardaran settlement of the Sabunchu district of Baku Natig Kerimov secretly collaborated with the special service of a foreign state." According to the investigators, for a long time Kerimov ran errands of the intelligence service and carried out espionage for a foreign country to the detriment of Azerbaijan's state security.
In connection with the above, Kerimov was detained as a suspect under Article 274 of the Criminal Code (high treason) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. The court decision against him chose a preventive measure of arrest.
The report however does not specify for which country Kerimov was engaged in espionage.
Note that two days ago, Kerimov on his Facebook page made a statement condemning the execution of the Shia preacher and activist Nimr Nimr al-Bakr in Saudi Arabia. Note that the execution also caused angry reaction from Iran.
Also note that Kerimov is a member of the opposition National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan. -06D--
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