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Former Azeri officer sentenced to 12 years on espionage charges

09 January 2007 [17:41] - TODAY.AZ
Trial on the case of Azerbaijani Army reserve officer Pyotr Mocalov accused of espionage for Russian special service in Military Court for Grievous Crimes has finished.

Closed trial was presided over by Isgender Hajiyev. Azerbaijani reserved officer Pyotr Mocalov was sentenced to 12 years in jail.

Mocalov was found guilty in giving the military and state intelligence to Russia for money. Pyotr Mocalov, born in Baku in 1961, served in former USSR Army. He got military education in St. Petersburg. He has served in Azerbaijani Army since 1992, was reserved as a Captain in 1998. He gave the intelligence to Russia from which he got $300-400 while working as an assistant of Staff chief in military unit in Nakhchevan. He was arrested in October last year. APA

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