The Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan has announced an international search Sterligov – RBC

The businessman German Sterligov

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Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan has announced German Sterligov in the international search. This is stated in the resolution department, received by Interfax. The corresponding decision was made by the District Court Nasminsky. It is noted that the Interpol National Central Bureau of the Interior Ministry and carries out the necessary investigation and search operations to detain him.

July 22 against businessman was prosecuted for st.281.2 (open calls against the state) and .318.2 (illegal crossing the state border).

The reason for this was a press conference Sterligov in Shusha (Karabakh is Azerbaijani authorities consider it occupied territory), where he made a statement in support of independence “illegal regime aimed at undermining the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan ».

July 10 Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry made it to the list of undesirable persons for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh. Spokesman for the Foreign Minister Hikmet Hajiyev said that Sterligov “could not be unaware of the fact that these areas are a good place for money laundering through the banking system of Armenia and for criminal activities.” Then in this list has got Love Kazarnovsky she visited the city of Stepanakert, where she held a master class in musical college.

On leaving the businessman from Russia to Nagorno-Karabakh became known to the media on July 6. Then there were the reports of the sale of the property settlement in Moscow, which he founded himself Sterligov. Then he came back a few days in Moscow, but then returned to Karabakh, where his family remained.

In 1990, German Sterligov became one of the founders of Commodity Exchange “Alice”. In 2004 he moved to the village in the Moscow region. He is a supporter of nationalist views and strict orthodoxy.

In 1998, Nagorno-Karabakh, mainly populated by Armenians, declared its withdrawal from Azerbaijan. For a referendum in which 99.89% of the population of Karabakh in favor of total independence from Azerbaijan, followed by large-scale fighting. In May 1994, entered into force of the armistice agreement.