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Azerbaijanis are being targeted and silenced in Russia under false pretenses [OPINION]

AzerNews · June 28, 2025

On June 27, a violent raid by Russian OMON units in Yekaterinburg left five Azerbaijani nationals dead and several others detained or injured. The victims, including members of the Safarov family originally from Aghdam, were reportedly targeted in...

Russia-Azerbaijan tensions: What is known so far

Birmingham Star - Alabama ·

A deadly Russian police raid on alleged Azerbaijani crime ring has prompted a major diplomatic flare up between the two nations The relationship between Russia and Azerbaijan has rapidly deteriorated in the aftermath of a Russian police raid on a...

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....

Head of public organization "Azerbaijan-Ural" detained in Yekaterinburg

Azertag · July 1, 2025

Moscow, July 1, AZERTAC According to Russian media, the head of the public organization "Azerbaijan-Ural" Shahin Shikhlinski has been detained in Yekaterinburg. Security forces are conducting a large-scale special operation near the "Baku Plaza"...

Pezeshkian will visit Azerbaijan and will also be in Stepanakert

1in.am · July 1, 2025

According to Azerbaijani media, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will visit Azerbaijan. He will participate in the 17th summit of the member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), which is scheduled for July 3-4 this year in...

Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan: stable friendshipand reliable partnership

News Central Asia · July 1, 2025

Iroda Imamova, Leading Researcher of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan The modern relations between Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan represent an example of a dynamically developing...

Another Azerbaijani arrested in Yekaterinburg

Azertag · July 1, 2025

Moscow, July 1, AZERTAC Another Azerbaijani - Ahliman Ganjiyev - has been arrested in Yekaterinburg. He will be held in a pre-trial detention center until July 19. 15:09 Bekir Safarov has been placed under 22 days of administrative detention. The...

Russia protests against Azerbaijan over "unfriendly actions"

Xinhua News Agency ·

MOSCOW/BAKU, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Russian foreign ministry on Tuesday lodged a protest with Azerbaijan over its latest "unfriendly actions." Azerbaijan's ambassador to Russia was presented with a protest in connection with "the latest unfriendly...

As conflict with Russia deepens, Azerbaijani pro-government media openly criticises the Kremlin

Open Caucasus Media · July 1, 2025

Join the voices Aliyev wants to silence. For over eight years, OC Media has worked with fearless journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. Help us fuel...

Azerbaijan sentences 7 journalists to prison in latest media crackdown

AOL ·

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Azerbaijan on Friday convicted a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist and six others on multiple charges, handing down prison sentences ranging from 7 1/2 to nine years in prison, RFE/RL and local media...

Baku Court announces final verdict in "Abzas Media" case

APA ·

The final hearing of the criminal case against Abzas Media employees was held, APA reports. During today's session held at the Baku Court on Grave Crimes under the chairmanship of Judge Rasim Sadikhov, the defendants delivered their final...

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...

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...

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...

‘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 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...

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...