YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, ARMENPRESS. Minsk City Court has rejected the claim of Alexander Lapshin, blogger, citizen of Russia and Israel, and left in force the decision of the Prosecutor, “Armenpress” reports Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates Ara Zohrabyan informs.

“Only one opportunity remains, the Supreme Court, where a lawsuit can be filed within 10 days. With the help of our best experts we elaborate document packages to send to the UN (regarding Belarus) and ECHR (regarding Azerbaijan)”, Zohrabyan said.

Belarus police arrested Lapshin on December 15, 2016 in Minsk. Lapshin resides in Moscow and writes for the famous Russian Travel Blog. He is wanted by Azerbaijan for visiting Nagorno Karabakh in 2011, 2012 and 2016, and criticizing Azerbaijan’s policy in his blog.

The Deputy Prosecutor General of Belarus made a decision to uphold the request of Azerbaijan’s General Prosecutor on extraditing Citizen of Russia and Israel Alexander Lapshin, who is wanted for violating Articles 281.2 and 318.2 of Azerbaijan’s Criminal Code.