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Ukrainian Kharkiv Hosts Unveiling Of Memorial Plaque To Azerbaijani Honored Artist (PHOTO)

MENAFN · July 1, 2025

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 1. A ceremonial unveiling of a memorial plaque dedicated to the prominent sculptor, People's Artist of Ukraine, and Honored Artist of Azerbaijan Seyfaddin Gurbanov took place in Kharkiv, the State...

Two deaths in Russian custody spark rift with former ally Azerbaijan

BBC ·

Magerram Zeynalov & Grigor AtanesianBBC News Russian ShareSave Two Russian state media staff were arrested in Azerbaijan on Monday accused of working for the FSB The deaths of two brothers in Russian custody have laid bare a diplomatic rift with...

Azerbaijan, Italy discuss deepening cooperation in agricultural machinery sector

AzerNews · June 28, 2025

A delegation led by Azerbaijan’s Minister of Agriculture, Majnun Mammadov, is currently on a working visit to Italy, where high-level discussions have been held on strengthening bilateral cooperation in the agricultural sector, Azernews reports....

BRICS Journalists Association Condemns Detention of Sputnik Reporters in Azerbaijan

teleSUR ·

A Russian journalist being arrested in Baku, June 30, 2025. X/ @Alex_Oloyede2 July 1, 2025 Hour: 9:47 am On Tuesday, the BRICS Journalists Association condemned the detention of Sputnik journalists in Baku Azerbaijan, on charges of alleged...

Another Azerbaijani detained in Yekaterinburg

News.Az ·

Another Azerbaijani - Ahliman Ganjiyev - has been arrested in Yekaterinburg. He will be held in a pre-trial detention center until July 19. Bekir Safarov has been placed under 22 days of administrative detention. The court will determine the...

‘Ecological war’: France accused of dumping nuclear waste near Armenia-Azerbaijan border

Interesting Engineering - New York · July 1, 2025

France’s state-owned nuclear company, Orano, is accused of transferring uranium-containing radioactive waste to Armenia, near its conditional border with Azerbaijan. The Environmental Protection First (EPF) Coalition, a regional alliance of...

Seven People Detained at Sputnik Azerbaijan Office in Baku - Azerbaijani Interior Ministry

Sputnik News · July 1, 2025

https://sputnikglobe.com/20250701/seven-people-detained-at-sputnik-azerbaijan-office-in-baku---azerbaijani-interior-ministry-1122371063.html Seven People Detained at Sputnik Azerbaijan Office in Baku - Azerbaijani Interior Ministry Seven People...

ECO Khankendi Summit instills confidence in the ancient city’s future as a new development and peace hub in the Caucasus - COMMENTARY

Azertag · July 8, 2025

Baku, July 8, AZERTAC The liberated territories of Karabakh and East Zangezur have embarked on a path of rapid development in a short time, becoming a focal point of global attention. These regions have now become venues for prestigious...

Diplomatic Rift Between Moscow And Baku Deepens After Deadly Police Raid

Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty · July 1, 2025

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 Russia's relations with other...

Iran probes whether Azerbaijan helped Israel in war as border residents report hearing drones, fighter jets

The Week ·

Iran’s military and intelligence forces have launched an investigation into allegations that Azerbaijan could have helped Israel in the 12-day war. Azerbaijan, a predominantly Shi'a country, had refuted allegations that it aided Israel in any...

Seven detained, criminal case launched against Sputnik Azerbaijan over illegal financing

AzerNews · July 1, 2025

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has detained seven individuals following an operation at the Baku office of the Rossiya Segodnya Information Agency, also known as “Sputnik Azerbaijan”, Azernews reports. According to the MIA press...

Moscow hopes detained Russian journalists in Baku to be released soon — Kremlin

TASS · July 1, 2025

MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. Moscow expects that the Russian journalists detained in Baku will be released soon, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. "We are definitely very attentive to information about the detention of our...

Russian journalists’ detention in Baku contradicts generally accepted norms — Kremlin

TASS · July 1, 2025

MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. The detention of Russian journalists in Baku is absolutely inconsistent with generally accepted norms and the spirit of bilateral relations, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. "We are speaking...

Russia news outlet raided in Azerbaijani capital

Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette · July 1, 2025

BAKU, Azerbaijan -- 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...

Zelensky Talks To Aliyev Amid Worsening Relations Between Baku And Moscow

Charter 97 ·

The President of Ukraine expressed support for Azerbaijan. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky held a conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev. He wrote about it in his Telegram channel. "Thanked him for his support of Ukraine,...

Ukraine’s prominent “UA:Pershy” TV channel condemns Russia’s chauvinistic policy

Azertag · July 1, 2025

Kyiv, July 1, AZERTAC Ukraine’s leading national television channel, “UA:Pershy,” aired a segment condemning the chauvinistic and fascist policies of Russian law enforcement agencies toward Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg. The program featured the...

Why are ties between Azerbaijan and Russia fraying?

Yahoo News ·

In 2001, a man was stabbed to death near a lakeside restaurant in Yekaterinburg, an urban centre in Russia’s Ural Mountains region. With his dying breath, he whispered the names of his alleged killers to the police, local media claimed. The man...

Yekaterinburg tragedy raises alarm over rights of Azerbaijanis in Russia [COMMENTARY]

AzerNews · July 1, 2025

The deaths of Azerbaijani nationals Ziyaddin and Huseyn Safarov in Yekaterinburg during a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) operation have triggered significant public outcry and raised serious questions about procedural integrity, human...

7 employees of Russian propaganda media Sputnik detained in Azerbaijan

Babel ·

Seven employees of Sputnik Azerbaijan, a branch of the Russian propaganda media outlet Rossiya Segodnya, were detained in Baku. This is reported by the Azerbaijani media outlet Qafqaz Info. Law enforcement officers have launched a criminal...

Official Baku responds to Russian cultural envoy’s remarks on cancellation of Russian events

APA ·

"The remarks made by Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation, during his interview with Interfax Agency regarding the decision to cancel cultural events planned to...