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Azerbaijan court jails man for six years over false terror information

Azerbaijan court jails man for six years over false terror information
# 16 February 2026 14:48 (UTC +04:00)

The final court hearing has been held in the criminal case against Vitaliy Zabolotski, who was detained by the State Security Service and accused of knowingly spreading false information about terrorism in Azerbaijan, APA reports.

The verdict was announced today at the Baku Court on Grave Crimes, presided over by Judge Hafiz Kamranov. According to the ruling, Vitaliy Zabolotski was sentenced to six years of imprisonment. He will serve his sentence in a general-regime correctional facility.

Note that Vitaliy Zabolotski was detained by the State Security Service. He was charged under Article 216 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan (knowingly spreading false information about terrorism).

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