Sunday, April 29 2018 21:22

ArmInfo. The National Security Service of Armenia stopped an attempt of illegal entry into the country of a mercenary from Makhachkala. According to the press  service of the National Security Service, the department continues to check, process, analyze incoming information about threats to Armenia's security, and continues to work to prevent these threats, keeping under strict control the reconnaissance and other destructive activities of foreign countries and terrorist organizations on a  complex operational situation established in the country/ 

The National Security Service notes that with the active cooperation  and exchange of information with foreign partners, as well as a  result of operational search activities and investigative actions, at  the beginning of the year attempts were made to penetrate into  Armenia those who are related to international terrorist groups. "To  prevent continued attempts to take advantage of the current tense  situation in Armenia and make it a target, the NSS, in parallel with  the activation of intelligence and counterintelligence activities,  has also strengthened border control. "A possible attempt by a  Russian citizen, a resident of Makhachkala Suleymangagi  Bagandgadzhiyev, to enter secretly into Armenia, prevented by the  National Security Service of Armenia on February 13, 2018, testified  to possible signs of the threat posed by threatening Armenia by  international terrorist groups. In particular, the NSS, as a result  of the measures taken to protect the state border, found out that  Bagandgadzhiyev, flying on a transit flight from Kenya, on the forged  documents of a citizen of Ukraine, attempted to enter the territory  of Armenia, "the National Security Service said. It is emphasized  that in fact a criminal case was opened and Bagandgadzhiyev was  charged under A 325 part 1 and A329 part of the RA Criminal Code, a  1-month arrest was chosen as a preventive measure.

NSS notes that thanks to the operative and investigative measures  taken, Suleymangagi Bagandgadzhiev was recruited by an international  terrorist organization and, since May 2015, had been involved in  armed clashes in the Syrian Arab Republic for a fee. "In the course  of investigative actions, information was also received about the  interest shown by Bagandgadzhiyev to certain localities of Yerevan  and other cities of Armenia. The investigation is ongoing, measures  are being taken to find out the true aims of Bagandgadzhiyev's visit  to Armenia, "the NSS statement reads.