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Azerbaijan Summoned Russian Ambassador Again
Second time this week. Russian Ambassador Mikhail Yevdokimov was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan for the second time in a week in connection with the conflict caused by forceful detention of Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg....

Baku summons Russian envoy, lodges protest over unfriendly actions
Russian Ambassador to Baku Mikhail Yevdokimov was summoned to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. During the meeting with Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov, Ambassador Evdokimov was presented with a formal protest concerning...

Azerbaijan summons Russian ambassador, protests Yekaterinburg deaths and hostile rhetoric
On July 2, 2025, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Azerbaijan, Mikhail Yevdokimov, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baku, Azernews reports. The meeting was held with Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov, during which...

Presidents Japarov and Aliev open Aikol Manas school in Azerbaijan built by Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan | foreign policy |
Presidents Japarov and Aliev open Aikol Manas school in Azerbaijan built by Kyrgyzstan AKIPRESS.COM - President Sadyr Japarov and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev participated in the opening ceremony of the Aikol Manas school in Khydyrly village,...

Azerbaijani media releases ‘evidence’ of Russia shooting down AZAL plane amidst rising tensions
On Tuesday, the pro-government Azerbaijani media outlet Minval released purported recordings of Russian officer Dmitry Paliduchuk receiving orders to open fire on the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan in December 2024,...

Azerbaijan arrests Russian journalists as Yekaterinburg victims' bodies return home for fresh autopsy
Azerbaijan arrested two Russian journalists on June 30 and ordered fresh autopsies on two Azerbaijani brothers killed by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in Yekaterinburg, escalating diplomatic tensions with Moscow as both sides traded...

Azerbaijan to step up efforts in prosecuting all guilty parties in Yekaterinburg crimes
To ensure an objective investigation of the committed crime in Russia’s Yekaterinburg city and to identify and hold all guilty parties criminally accountable, Azerbaijan will intensify its efforts by establishing mutual contact with Russia’s...

Azerbaijan defines new requirements for foreign media outlets
After the branches and representative offices of foreign media entities in the Republic of Azerbaijan are registered with the state, the authority (institution) determined by the relevant executive body must inform the authority (institution)...

Media: Azerbaijan Wants To Close All Russian-language Schools
The idea is going to be realized in stages. Azerbaijan plans to close all Russian-language schools. According to preliminary data, this idea is going to be implemented in stages. This is reported by parents of pupils who received relevant messages...

Azerbaijan reveals reason for investigation into events in Yekaterinburg
Clarification has been made regarding the investigation being conducted in Azerbaijan related to the events in Yekaterinburg, APA reports. Ilgar Safarov, the Senior Assistant to the Prosecutor General on special assignments, said in response to...

Azerbaijan to fine print media entities operating without being registered in the Media Registry
Print media entities operating without being registered in the Media Registry will be fined up to AZN 5,000, APA reports. This is reflected in the new proposed Article 381.15 of the Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan on administrative offenses,...

Azerbaijan defines new requirements for news agencies
New requirements are being defined for news agencies, APA reports. This was reflected in the proposed amendment to the Law "on Media" discussed at yesterday's meeting of the Human Rights Committee of the Milli Majlis. According to the draft, an...

Baku, Moscow exchange protests as tensions escalate
Azerbaijan and Russia have exchanged formal diplomatic protests, as tensions flared following a police raid in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg that resulted in the deaths of two Azerbaijani nationals in custody. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it...

Azerbaijan's Actions Against Sputnik Are Politically Motivated - Russian Foreign Ministry
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250702/azerbaijans-actions-against-sputnik-are-politically-motivated---russian-foreign-ministry-1122376938.html Azerbaijan's Actions Against Sputnik Are Politically Motivated - Russian Foreign Ministry Azerbaijan's...

Azerbaijan's Education Ministry calls for caution regarding circulated reports on Russian-language education
Yesterday, on social media accounts and some media outlets, news circulated under the title of an "official notice" about the suspension of Russian-language education in secondary schools and higher education institutions, APA reports. In response...

® Azercell and Azerbaijan Judo Federation’s social project “This is the Way” wins international recognition
Campaign named a finalist in four categories and awarded two medals at the prestigious advertising festival The social initiative “This is the Way”, a joint project by Azercell Telecom LLC and the Azerbaijan Judo Federation, received high honors...

Azerbaijan, Pakistan ink MoU on youth cooperation
Aghdam, July 2, AZERTAC Farid Gayibov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Youth and Sports, and Syeda Amnah Batool, Focal Person for the Pakistani Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of youth as...

Azerbaijan Never Made Claims Against Sputnik Office & Its Journalists in Baku: Russian MFA
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250702/azerbaijan-never-made-claims-against-sputnik-office--its-journalists-in-baku-russian-mfa-1122376800.html Azerbaijan Never Made Claims Against Sputnik Office & Its Journalists in Baku: Russian MFA Azerbaijan Never...

Azerbaijan jails Sputnik executives amid escalating tensions with Russia
Published on 01/07/2025 - 18:10 GMT+2 The executive director and editor-in-chief of Russia's state-run news agency Sputnik in Azerbaijan have been sentenced to four months in prison on Tuesday, following a Baku police raid of the Russian state...

Presidents of Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan attend opening of the first phase of Khidirli village in Aghdam district-
On July 3, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Sadyr Zhaparov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, participated in the inauguration ceremony of the first phase of the village of Khidirli in the Aghdam district, APA reports....