The Investigative Committee of Russia has confirmed that the Russian law enforcement agencies do not have any requirement from well-known Russian businessman German Sterligov.

In response to Armenian News-NEWS.am’s query regarding the allegations of a criminal prosecution against Sterligov, the aforesaid committee stated: “There is no material on investigative examinations and a criminal case against the said person in the proceedings of the investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.”

Earlier, Azerbaijan had declared an INTERPOL search for German Sterligov, and on “charges” of visiting Nagorno-Karabakh. INTERPOL, however, had canceled the search because it had seen political motives in Baku’s respective search. Subsequently, the Azerbaijani media began claiming that a group of Azerbaijani investigators had gone to Moscow to question Sterligov.