Well-known businessman German Sterligov has been questioned by the Russian investigators within the criminal case constituted by the Azerbaijani law enforcers over Sterligov's visit to Karabakh, Interfax reports.
"I have recently been summoned to the Investigative Committee, where two employees asked me questions about the charges arraigned against me by Azerbaijan and the request about my extradition," he has told Interfax. He says the Russian Investigative Committee has assured him that "Russia does not extradite its citizens". Nevertheless, he says, the investigators recommended him not to leave Russia. "They have named several countries, including those in near abroad, which can extradite me to Azerbaijan if I visit those countries," Sterligov says.
He also notes that the investigators asked him about his attitude to the Karabakh conflict. "I reiterated that I consider Nagorno-Karabakh an Armenian land and I am not going to turn backwards from my stand no matter what resolutions the UN adopts," he says.
To recall, on July 28 the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan put German Sterligov on the international wanted list. He faces charges based on Article 281.2 (public calls against the state) and Article 318.2 (illegal crossing of the state border of Azerbaijan).