According to the aforementioned accusation, Ganimat Zayidov, since the beginning of 2013, has been secretly communicating and negotiating with representatives of foreign special service agencies on behalf of Ali Karimli, appealing for the use of the broad organizational and special capabilities of foreign special service agencies in bringing him to power in the Republic of Azerbaijan, promising in return, listing specific details, that the strategic interests of the foreign state in Azerbaijan will be ensured, and the parties also agreed that if Ali Karimli comes to power, the Republic of Azerbaijan will gradually become a full member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

At the same time, according to the indictment, Ali Karimli, continuing his criminal acts in accordance with the general agreement reached in advance with the aforementioned individuals, during the Azerbaijani citizens’ march in Baku on the night of July 14-15, 2020, in support of the army and against the aggressive war waged by Armenia in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, instructed Fuad Gahramanli and others to form with party representatives small groups and join the marchers and then create a chaotic situation by replacing patriotic slogans with provocative calls, and thus taking advantage of this situation and controlling the crowd, seize the administrative buildings of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the "Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting" CJSC, including announcing the seizure of power through the mass media.

For their participation in the listed criminal acts, Abbas Abbasov, Ali Karimli, Fuad Gahramanli, Mammad Ibrahim and Ganimat Zayidov have been held responsible as accused persons under Articles 278.1 (actions aimed at the forcible seizure or forcible retention of power, as well as forcible change of the constitutional structure of the state), Eldar Amirov 32.5, 278.1 (assistance to actions aimed at the forcible seizure or forcible retention of power, as well as forcible change of the constitutional structure of the state), Ramiz Mehdiyev 193-1.3.2 (legalization of a large amount of property obtained through crime), 274 (treason) and 278.1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Abbas Abbasov, Fuad Gahramanli and Ganimat Zayidov were declared wanted and the court chose a preventive measure of arrest in absentia because they are currently outside of the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan hiding from the investigation.

It should be recalled that, according to an in-absentia verdict of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, Ganimat Zayidov was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. He was charged under Article 281.2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan (public calls against the state if committed repeatedly or by a group of persons).

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