YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS. It is already 4 months Russian citizen Marat Ueldanov is kept in a jail in Baku.

His sister started a petition entitled “Russia, defend your citizen” in change.org website which is addressed to the Russian leadership with a request to release her brother, reports “Armenpress”.

She has applied to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and presented the steps she carried out during this period, and hopes Lavrov will help her on this issue.

Mariana Mirzoyan writes:

“It is already 3 months and 20 days my brother Marat Ueldanov faces false charges in one of the jails in Baku. On August 30 I have applied to the Russian Embassy in Baku with a request to once again visit my brother. They paid a first visit on July 28 50 days after the sentence. During that time when the Russian Embassy was waiting for Azerbaijan’s permission, the ICRC representatives have already visited my brother for several times, and Marat is very grateful to them. I have insisted and will continue insisting that my brother is not a guilty. As the Embassy’s official letter said, my brother signed the protocols, but doesn’t accept the accusation against him. Being subjected to such humiliations everyone would signed it, but even in this case Marat has such a courage to admit his guilt”.

Marat’s sister has applied the Russian Embassy in Baku for many times, as well as the Russian MFA, but she still hasn’t received any response to the question what concrete measures are being taken by Russia for releasing her brother.

Marat Ueldanov-Galustyan has been arrested on June 9 under the Article of 234.4.3 of the Azerbaijan’s Criminal Code which proposes punishment for illegal preparing, producing, acquiring, maintaining and transferring large amount of drugs. His sister Mariana Mirzoyan insists that false charge has been accused against his brother. Marat Ueldanov-Galustyan is “Do&Co” Austrian company employee, and he departed for Baku on a business trip.

Earlier the Russian MFA told “Armenpress” that necessary measures are being taken towards the protection of rights of the Russian citizen.

“We are taking measures towards the Russian citizen’s protection of rights set by the law regardless of his nationality within the framework of the international law and bilateral agreements”, the Russian MFA’s statement said.