The Armenian side is engaged in the case involving blogger Alexander Lapshin, but, now, it is hard to predict because we realize that the Aliyev regime in Azerbaijan is out of the international game.
MFA: Armenia is engaged in case involving blogger that visited Karabakh
STEPANAKERT, JANUARY 19, ARTSAKHPRESS: Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia, Shavarsh Kocharyan, told the aforesaid to reporters, after Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, NEWS.am reports.
“It’s apparent that this is a most blatant violation of both the freedom of movement and the right to freedom of expression,” added Kocharyan. “There is a respective reaction from various organizations and countries, alike.”
After his visits to Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) in 2011 and 2012, Russian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin was “blacklisted” by Azerbaijan.
In June 2016, however, he paid a visit to Azerbaijan, but with a Ukrainian passport. Subsequently, he issued several articles criticizing the Azerbaijani authorities. Afterward, the Azerbaijani authorities issued an international search for this famous blogger.
And on December 15, 2016, he was detained in the Belarus capital city of Minsk, and based on this international search.
Baku demands his extradition to Azerbaijan, and for visiting Artsakh.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, however, spoke against such extradition.
US Department of State also has reflected on this matter.
