Alexander Lapshin, Israeli blogger who was detained in Minsk, Belarus by the order of Azerbaijani authorities for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh (Photo: Alexander Lapshin Facebook Page)
MINSK, Belarus—Belarus authorities decided on Friday to extradite Russian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Armenian Chamber of Advocates Ara Zohrabyan informs in a Facebook post.
Lapshin was detained on December 15 in Minsk, Belarus by the orders of Azerbaijani authorities for his visits to the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic in 2011 and 2012.
According to the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office, a criminal case has opened against Lapshin for “illegallyâ€
