US EditionUPDATE 1-Russia Urges Azerbaijan to Repair Ties with Moscow Amid Diplomatic Crisis
AZERBAIJAN, JUL 1 – Azerbaijan's investigation cites post-mortem findings of severe beatings causing deaths during a Russian police raid, escalating diplomatic tensions and prompting reciprocal actions.
- Two Azerbaijani brothers, Ziyaddin and Huseyn Safarov, died last week in Russian police custody in Yekaterinburg amid a large-scale police operation targeting ethnic Azerbaijanis.
- The deaths occurred after the brothers were detained on suspicions related to historic crimes, with post-mortems in Baku showing they died from severe beatings causing post-traumatic shock, contradicting Russian claims of heart failure for one brother.
- Following the deaths, Azerbaijani authorities detained Russian state media employees in Baku on allegations including fraud, and carried out a raid on Sputnik Azerbaijan, escalating tensions between the two countries.
- Russia condemned Azerbaijan's actions on July 1 as "unfriendly" steps attempting "to dismantle bilateral relations" and summoned Azerbaijan's ambassador in protest, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described Baku's reaction as "extremely emotional."
- The diplomatic crisis highlights Azerbaijan's growing distance from Moscow amid regional realignments, with the Russian Foreign Ministry urging restoration of strategic cooperation and talks ongoing to ease tensions and secure journalists' release.
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