US EditionDeaths of Azerbaijanis After Russian Police Raid Fuel Diplomatic Row With Baku
- On June 27, Russian security forces raided Yekaterinburg, detaining dozens of Azerbaijanis and killing brothers Ziyaddin and Huseyn Safarov amid claims of torture and severe injuries.
- The raids are linked to a long-standing investigation into murders from 2001–2011 amid rising xenophobia and demographic decline of Russians fueling ethnic tensions.
- Forensic reports confirmed both brothers died from severe beatings, with Ziyaddin's ribs broken and head hemorrhage, indicating torture in Russian custody and during transport.
- Following the deaths, Azerbaijan detained Russian media staff, raided Sputnik Azerbaijan’s office, and Baku summoned the Russian ambassador in protest.
- More broadly, Russia's rising xenophobia and demographic decline may deepen regional tensions and shift alliances, especially as ethnic discrimination intensifies following recent events in Yekaterinburg.
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Hindustan TimesAzerbaijani men arrested by Russian police were beaten to death, Baku says
Deaths of Azerbaijanis After Russian Police Raid Fuel Diplomatic Row With Baku
The deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis amid allegations of torture during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg has quickly escalated into a diplomatic confrontation highlighting difficulties in Moscow's relations with its former Soviet republics.
The autopsies made at Baku in the case of two Asian men who died last week after being arrested by the Russian police showed that they had been beaten to death, said one March...
Azerbaijan says brothers arrested by Russia were tortured and beaten to death
BAKU - Post-mortems on two Azerbaijani brothers who died in Russian police custody have shown that they were beaten to death, authorities in the South Caucasus country said on Tuesday as tensions rose sharply between Moscow and Baku. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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