ArmInfo. The National Security Service of Armenia, as a result of large-scale operational search activities, revealed a case of spying for the intelligence service of Azerbaijan.
In particular, as the press service of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia reports, by order of the Azerbaijani intelligence service, an unidentified person operating in Turkey during personal and network contacts, introducing himself to a citizen of Armenia as an officer of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia, persuaded the latter, allegedly for career growth, provide data on military equipment available in various military units of the Republic of Armenia, including photographs of the aforementioned equipment, providing the appropriate equipment for photographing.
After that, being under the operational control exercised by the staff of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia, through the mediation of the task of foreign intelligence and in order to use to the detriment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and external security of the Republic of Armenia collected already systematized information, transferring them to the Azerbaijan Republic. On this fact, the investigative department of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia initiated a criminal case on the grounds of Article 302 of the RA Criminal Code, measures are being taken to keep such cases in the operational monitoring zone of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia and to prevent further trials on similar crimes.