Eight Azerbaijani nationals remain in custody in Yekaterinburg
A court in Yekaterinburg has extended the arrest of eight people from Azerbaijan in connection with murders committed in 2001-2011.
As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, people from Azerbaijan Akif, Ayaz, Bakir and Mazahir Safarov, Akhliman Ganjiyev, Shahin Lalayev, Kamal Safarov and Aziz Abasov were arrested in early July in connection with murders committed in 2001-2011. The arrested persons stated that they were tortured after their arrest, and in court their faces showed clear marks of beatings.
On June 28, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called on the Russian authorities to investigate the deaths and injuries of the Azerbaijanis who suffered on June 27 as a result of a special operation by security forces in Yekaterinburg. Experts in Baku called blunt force trauma the cause of death of the brothers Huseyn and Ziyaddin Safarov, while the Russian side called the cause of death a heart attack. The diplomatic crisis that arose between Moscow and Baku after these events is described in the "Caucasian Knot" report "Crisis in Relations between Azerbaijan and Russia".
The Verkh-Isetsky District Court of Yekaterinburg, at the request of the investigation, extended the term of detention of previously arrested natives of Azerbaijan until October 19, 2025.
The arrest of Kamal, Akif, Ayaz, Mazahir and Bakir Safarov, as well as Akhliman Ganjiyev was extended on July 14 and 15, and for Aziz Abasov and Shahin Lalayev - on July 16, the United Press Service of the Courts of the Sverdlovsk Region reported on its official Telegram channel. In the message from the press service of the court, the accused are called "representatives of an ethnic criminal group."
Materials about the deterioration of relations between the two states have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Collapse of ties between Baku and Moscow".
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