US EditionAzerbaijan Arrests Journalists at Russian State Outlet as Tensions with Moscow Rise
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Azerbaijani Police Arrest Two in Raid on Russian News Agency
Tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia intensified on Monday, June 30th, as Azerbaijani police raided the office of Russia’s state-run Sputnik news agency in the capital, detaining two journalists. Russia’s foreign ministry summoned Azerbaijan’s ambassador in protest over what it called the “unlawful detention of Russian journalists.” The raid targeted Sputnik’s Baku office, which has continued to operate despite a formal ban issued in February.…
In Azerbaijan, police have raided the building of Russian state broadcaster Sputnik in the capital Baku, as tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan rise. Two employees of the Russian intelligence service FSB were arrested during the raid, Azerbaijani media reported. According to Moscow, Russian journalists were also arrested.
Azerbaijan arrests journalists at Russian state outlet as tensions with Moscow rise
BAKU/MOSCOW - Authorities in Azerbaijan arrested two journalists from the local branch of a Russian state news agency on Monday in a move likely to further stoke tensions with Moscow following arrests in Russia of ethnic Azerbaijanis suspected of serious crimes. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Azerbaijani police raided the office of the Russian state news agency Sputnik on Monday in Baku and arrested three journalists, in a new illustration of the strong tensions between Baku and Moscow. In February, the Azerbaijani authorities closed the premises of the...
The two journalists arrested in Azerbaijan worked for Sputnik Azerbaijan
BAKU/MOSCOW - In Azerbaijan, they canceled planned Russian cultural events to protest that two members of the Azerbaijani diaspora lost their lives in arrests in Yekaterinburg, in the Urals. This was reported by AP today, citing statements from Azerbaijan's Ministry of Culture. Azerbaijani police raided the offices of Russia's state-run Sputnik agency in Baku today and arrested three journalists. Russian diplomacy expressed concern about the sit…
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