A Russian Media Outlet Is Raided in Azerbaijan's Capital as Tensions ...
- Russian FSB forces killed two Azerbaijani brothers and arrested over 50 others during raids in Yekaterinburg on June 27, escalating tensions with Azerbaijan.
- The killings and raids relate to a murder investigation, but Azerbaijan accuses Russia of extrajudicial killings on ethnic grounds, which Moscow denies, while diplomatic disputes deepen.
- On June 30, Azerbaijan arrested two Russian journalists from Sputnik after raiding its Baku offices and ordered fresh autopsies on the killed brothers, signaling retaliation.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Yekaterinburg events are law enforcement matters and regretted Azerbaijan’s cultural event cancellations, while EU ambassador Peter Michalko condemned the killings.
- The incidents have intensified diplomatic friction, leading Azerbaijan to cancel cultural and parliamentary cooperation with Russia and summoning diplomats amid allegations of a broader Russian intelligence operation.
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Russian citizens planning to travel to or in Azerbaijan need to take into account the current situation, and Maria Zacharova, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, addressed the briefing.

BAKÚ, Azerbaijan (AP) — Seven people linked to a Kremlin-funded media outlet in the capital of Azerbaijan have been arrested following a raid in their office, the Ministry of the Interior reported on Tuesday according to local media, at the latest sign of the break between Moscow and Baku
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