US EditionFrench Businessman Martin Ryan Sentenced to 10 Years in Azerbaijan Espionage Case
Martin Ryan was convicted of espionage for recruiting sources and gathering intelligence on Azerbaijan's foreign ties amid strained France-Azerbaijan relations, prosecutors said.
- A French national named Martin Ryan was sentenced to 10 years in a maximum security prison in Azerbaijan for spying on the military.
- Ryan denied spying and said he acted unknowingly, stating "I am not a spy, and during the court case I tried to prove this."
- Azerbaijan and France have had strained relations, but Azerbaijan's president said "past misunderstandings between the two countries" had been resolved after meeting with the French president.
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Daily FinlandAzerbaijan sentences French national to 10 years for espionage
BAKU, March 16 (Xinhua) -- A Baku court on Monday sentenced a French national to 10 years in prison for espionage for France, according to Azerbaijan's Report News Agency. Read full story
A French citizen has been found guilty of military espionage in Azerbaijan and sentenced to 10 years in a maximum-security prison, Azerbaijani state media reported. Martin Ryan was charged in December 2023 with spying for Paris and collecting classified information about Baku's military cooperation with Turkey and Pakistan. He was also accused of helping to recruit French-speaking Azerbaijanis to work with French intelligence. Both France and Ry…
The Frenchman Martin Ryan was sentenced for "espionage" this Monday in Azerbaijan. He received ten years in prison. - Frenchman Martin Ryan sentenced to ten years in prison in Azerbaijan for "espionage" (International).
As diplomatic tensions between Paris and Baku slowly began to calm down, Martin Ryan was sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage.
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