YEREVAN, JUNE 9. ARMINFO. Trial on Armenian citizen Andrey Maziyev is underway at the First Instance Court of Yerevan communities Malatia-Sebatia. He is charged with three articles of the Armenian Criminal Code (high treason through espionage, contribution to preparation of a terrorist act, contribution to preparation of the murder of a state political figure).
Andrey Maziyev was born in 1961. He is Russian by nationality, from Tuapse, Krasnodar region. he worked as en engineer at Zvartnots airport, married, has children. He has previous convictions for hooliganism (1994 and 1999).
According to the conclusion announced today, in October 1999 Maziyev was in Azerbaijan wherein he was enlisted by Azerbaijani special services. By Jan 4 2005 he was receiving tasks from the special services and fulfilling them. On the whole, he met with representatives of Azerbaijani special services 17times and received some 2.5 thous. USD. He sent Armenian Russian language newspaper to the special services of Azerbaijan, collected information of domestic political situations in Armenia, on military and defense complex and the situation in army, information of economic nature as well as on NKR. The special services were interested whether Maziyev had acquaintances among the relatives of Nairi Hunanyan and Mushegh Saghatelyan.
In the autumn of 2000, in conformity with regular instructions, Maziyev took photos of the president on the latter’s arrival from a tour. He photographed the landing plane, helicopters protecting the territory of the airport, the president and his escort passing by the building where Maziyev lives. He also took photos of the president in hangar and the building of the airport. He handed over the photos to the special services, informing them of the places of snipers.
At today’s trial, Maziyev pled guilty. The same day 7 witnesses were interrogated. The trial is chaired by the judge Tigran Petrosyan. The prosecution is represented by Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan and Prosecutor Aram Amirzadyan. The trial will continue on June 13.
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