The trial on the case of blogger Alexander Lapshin will kick off on June 22.

The case has been referred to Judge of Baku Court on Grave Crimes, Alovsat Abbasov, minval.az reports.

In December 2016, Israeli Russian blogger Alexander Lapshin was detained in the Belarusian capital city of Minsk. The reason was his being on the international wanted persons’ list, due to a search which Azerbaijan had declared. Baku accuses him of visiting Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) without its consent.

And on February 7 of the current year, Belarus extradited the blogger to the Azerbaijani capital city of Baku, where he was taken into custody.