Lawyer: Lapshin gets acquainted with investigation materials

By Rashid Shirinov

The arrested blogger, Alexander Lapshin, met with his lawyer in the infirmary of the Baku Detention Facility No. 1 on April 27.

Blogger Lapshin, who owns citizenship of several countries, will stand trial in Baku for his illegal visits to the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.

Lawyer Eduard Chernin told Trend that Lapshin is currently being treated in the infirmary.

“The treatment continues, he feels fine, there is no deterioration. Lapshin also met with the investigator and got acquainted with the investigation materials. The investigator asked him the necessary questions," Chernin said.

The lawyer said that the investigation still continues and its completion is expected in the coming days.

Chernin also noted that Lapshin isn’t thinking to move to the treatment facility of the Justice Ministry.

The lawyer earlier informed that Lapshin complained of pain in the heart and then was taken for examination in a private clinic where he was diagnosed as ‘tachycardia’.

The blogger illegally visited Azerbaijan`s Armenia-occupied lands and now is charged under the articles 281.2 (appeals directed against state) and 318.2 (illegal border crossing) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. He violated Azerbaijani laws on state border in April 2011 and October 2012.

Helped by his accomplices in the occupied territories, Lapshin paid a number of visits to Azerbaijan`s occupied lands, where he voiced support for "independence" of the illegal regime, and made public calls against Azerbaijan`s internationally recognized territorial integrity on April 6 and June 29, 2016.

The blogger was arrested in Minsk in late 2016 and transferred to Baku in February 2017.