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With the operation conducted by the State Security Service (DTX). imprisonment former head of the “Baku Steel Company” company Rasim Mammadov held today court testified during the process.

He bought the factory completely

He said that 20“Baku Steel Company” LLC started operating in November-December 2008. Previously, his share in this plant was only 25 percent. Later, he bought 50 percent for 15 million. Some time passed, and he paid 7.5 million for the remaining 25 percent and bought the plant completely.

According to Mammadov, foreigners sold the remaining 75 percent at that time: “3-4 million monthly income was not interesting for them. Then they said that they were interested in the “Balakhanyi Oil” field. They told me to help buy it, they will sell their shares in “Baku Steel” to me. “I went and met with the prime minister of Israel regarding the issue of buying the remaining share.”

According to Mammadov, they met with Rovnag Abdullayev, who was the president of the State Oil Company at that time (now the deputy minister of economy-ed.), and agreed on the details regarding the “Balakhanyi Oil” issue. The businessman claims that first it was agreed to 300 million, then the amount increased to 350 million, then 400, then 450 million. The change of the amount and the failure of the agreement caused some concern. Rovnag Abdullayev has not yet commented on this matter.

Responding to the question about registering someone else’s name in the documents as the official owner of the factory, the accused said that this method is used all over the world. According to him, this way is more comfortable.

10He says he spent more than 0 million

Mammadov claims that for the revival of “Baku Steel Company”. 10He spent more than 0 million and then started working.

“In 2016 the president also participated in the opening of the plant. President He is always satisfied with my work. I didn’t spit on the bowl I ate on or on the table I sat on. They say that he “betrayed”. Who did I betray? I didn’t lie to the president, I didn’t betray him,” Mammadov said.

He emphasized that the claims about providing him with good conditions in the pretrial detention center are groundless. The former said that he has not seen his parents and children for 19 months factory The owner also talked about buying the “Azerboru” plant in Sumgait. He says that he paid 2 million for that. At that time in question factory was in a very bad condition: “They deceived the president that it was old and not needed. That’s how they destroyed it. Credit I took it and bought that plant. It was looted before me. If I didn’t build the oxygen plant, where would the hospitals get the oxygen cylinder from?”.

“We had a conversation between three people”

Mammadov passed court he said in one of the meetings that in 2011 President The former head of the administration Ramiz Mehdiyev and Beyler Ayyubov, the head of the Presidential Security Service, had an agreement. This time, he also talked about his relationship with Mehdiyev and Ayyubov: “I loved Ramiz Mehdiyev as much as my father. I was with him even on his bad day. I stayed with him when he was in the hospital. I treated Beyler Ayyubov as my father.”

Mammadov admitted that the sale prices, the figures indicated in the official documents related to the obtained funds were different. Although not in official documents, in other records everything is written as it is. He answered the prosecutor’s question about why it was like this: “Then you should change the whole system. Ask that question to the system, not me. Supposedly they work differently now?”.

As for his earnings, Mammadov says that he did not receive a salary from “Baku Steel Company”. He received a share of the total profit: “As I said on the first day, the money was divided. We had a conversation between three people. I also took my share in the division.”

Mehdiyev: “Who is talking about what, let him talk”

Mr. Ayyubov did not comment on this issue. Ramiz Mehdiyev in his statement to the “Unikal” website, he said that he does not want to comment on the opinions expressed by Mammadov: “I have nothing to say to him. Whoever is talking, let him talk. The main thing is that I myself know well what my action and spirituality consist of. We live in a legal state. Everyone will answer for what he has done.”

Mammadov was known more as Ramiz Mehdiyev’s close friend. Back in 2012, there were complaints about the seizure of metal plants operating in Baku. It was reported that prominent young athletes were brought to these institutions en masse and their activities were stopped.

Past deputy, businessman Nazim Beydamirli, Zulfugarli brothers said that their enterprises were taken from their hands. Behind this issue Rasim Although it is said that Mammadov stopped, he himself considered it a mistake to use his name.

Mammadov’s trial will continue on September 16.

Embezzlement and waste of 185 million manats

Born in 1976 Rasim Mammadov is accused of abusing his powers as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of “Baku Steel Company” LLC and embezzling and wasting a large amount of the company’s money. A crime in his case, we are talking about embezzlement and waste of 185 million manats.

Mammadov was charged with articles 179.4 (embezzlement or waste with especially large amounts of damage), 308.2 (abuse of official powers causing serious consequences) and other articles of the Criminal Code. He pleads not guilty. Mammadov is sentenced to up to 14 years in prison.