Azerbaijan, Baku, 27 May / Trend corr I. Alizade/ "The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan has rejected the appeal of attorneys of former Economic Development Minister Farhad Aliyev and his brother Rafig Aliyev, former head of the Azpterol group of companies," Aliyevs' attorney Isakhan Ashurov said to Trend on 27 May.
The Court on Hard Crimes sentenced Farhad Aliyev to 10 years of imprisonment due to abuse of power, misappropriation of state property and corruption, and Rafig Aliyev to 9 years of imprisonment.
At present, Farhad and Rafig Aliyev are kept in the investigation cell of the National Defence Ministry.
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