The investigations showed that junior sergeant Ruslan Bekirov aged 21 called up by the Shamkir military commissariat and held captive by Armenians February 15 – May 7, 2005 was “secretly collaborating with the Armenian special services, reported APA news agency citing the Azerbaijani Ministry of National Security. It was found out that February 15, 2005 being mislead by Armenians Ruslan Bekirov, Hayal Abdullayev and Hikmet Tagiyev committed group desertion to the detriment of the state security, sovereignty, territorial integrity and defense capacity of Azerbaijan.”
Bekirov was released with the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Immediately after returning he confessed in “collaborating with Armenians”. However it was cleared up that Bekirov’s testimony was “a part of the plan elaborated by the Armenian special services”. Later he said Armenians carried out a purposeful work with him, Abdullayev and Tagiyev. 7 meetings were held with him after what he was given pseudonym Ramin. Armenians promised $3000-4000 for each task fulfilled. Member of the Armenian special services, who introduced himself as Rudik, instructed Bekirov how to set explosion on the route of the Azerbaijani President, on Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and in the international airport after Heydar Aliyev as well as how to take photos of the Azeri strategic objects and then send them to Armenia.
The above mentioned facts were completely proved by the investigation and court. The Military Board of the Court on grave crimes Bekirov and Abdullayev were sentenced to 12 years and Tagiyev to 11 years of imprisonment.
