US EditionAzerbaijan cancels Russian events over the killings of 2 citizens in Yekaterinburg
- On June 27, Russian Federal Security Service agents conducted raids in Yekaterinburg, located in the Ural Mountains, resulting in the deaths of two Azerbaijani brothers and the detention of nine other individuals.
- The raids occurred amid investigations related to the murder of Yunus Pashayev, with Azerbaijan accusing Russia of targeted, extrajudicial killings and ethnic violence against Azerbaijanis.
- Azerbaijani officials, including the victims’ brother Sayfaddin Huseynli, reported torture and brutality during the raids, while lawyers stated confessions were extracted under duress and no credible evidence links detainees to the crimes.
- In response, Azerbaijan canceled all cultural events hosted by Russian institutions, summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires, and called for swift investigations, while Russian authorities described the raids as part of criminal probes.
- The incident heightened tensions between Moscow and Baku, leading Azerbaijan to withdraw its approval for a forthcoming trip by Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk, while concerns grew over the potential continuation of Azerbaijani persecution without proactive political engagement from Russia.
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A Russian media outlet is raided in Azerbaijan’s capital as tensions rise between Moscow and Baku
Police in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia’s state-funded news outlet Sputnik on Monday, local media reported, as tensions rose between the two countries after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.
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Tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan rise after Kremlin condemns Baku's reaction to arrests
MOSCOW - Tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan rose on Monday after the Kremlin said it disagreed with a decision by Azerbaijan to cancel Russian cultural events in response to the arrest in Russia of ethnic Azerbaijanis suspected of serious crimes. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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