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Time of India
25 minutes ago
- Politics
- Time of India
World War III brewing? After Israel-Iran clash, Russia and Azerbaijan face off over arrested journalists
Journalists Arrested in Baku After Police Raid Russia Reacts Live Events Russia Summons Azerbaijani Ambassador Ethnic Azerbaijanis Arrested in Russia FAQs (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel After Israel and Iran's conflict, now tension is escalating between Russia and Azerbaijan following the arrest of journalists in Baku, Azerbaijan, as per a report. These arrests happened after Russia arrested ethnic Azerbaijanis suspected of serious crimes, as reported by Monday, Azerbaijani authorities detained two senior journalists from Sputnik Azerbaijan, the local arm of Russia's state-owned RIA news agency, after raiding their offices in Baku. The country's Interior Ministry said that it had launched an investigation, and the police in Baku revealed that they investigated Sputnik Azerbaijan over illegal funding, reported after the raid, Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry released footage showing the two journalists, including the agency's chief editor, being led to police vans in handcuffs, according to the report. Another journalist from the Russian outlet Ruptly was also reportedly detained while trying to film the police action at the Sputnik offices in Baku, as reported by READ: Mexico slaps cruise passengers with new tourist tax, fee set to quadruple by 2027 Azerbaijan's government had already shuttered the outlet in February, but it has continued to operate with fewer staff, and General Director of Rossiya Segodnya, Dmitry Kiselev, said that Sputnik and Azerbaijani officials had been trying to work on a temporary agreement to let Sputnik continue operations in Baku, according to a Reuters wrote on the Telegram messaging app, that Russia was shocked at the actions of Azerbaijani security officials leading staff members away "with their arms twisted and their heads bowed, as though they were terrorists," adding, "This all looks like a deliberate step aimed at worsening relations between our countries," as quoted in the Reuters READ: Trump might deport Elon Musk to South Africa - President to use DOGE to investigate the Tesla CEO When the raid on Sputnik Azerbaijan was going on, Russia summoned Azerbaijan's ambassador to Moscow over what it described as Baku's "unfriendly actions" and the "illegal detention" of Russian journalists working in the country, as reported by comes as tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan, which was a former Soviet republic in the South Caucasus, had already started intensifying in recent days after investigators in Yekaterinburg, a Russian industrial city, arrested six people following a slew of raids in connection with historic unsolved crimes, including serial killings, as per the investigators said they had detained six people, all of whom had Russian passports, reported Reuters. They also revealed that two suspects had passed away, and said that one of the suspects died of heart failure, and medical tests would reveal the cause of death of another suspect, as reported by Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry has identified the people detained in Russia as ethnic Azerbaijanis, according to the report. Baku even accused the Russian police of carrying out extrajudicial killings "on ethnic grounds"; however, this allegation was rejected by Moscow, according to the READ: Iran bans Elon Musk's Starlink, users now face prison, fines, even flogging Azerbaijan says it is investigating Sputnik Azerbaijan for alleged illegal funding, while Russia claims the arrests were illegal, as per the Reuters senior editors from Sputnik Azerbaijan, including the chief editor, were detained during the raid in Baku, as per the Reuters report.
Straits Times
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Straits Times
Azerbaijani men arrested by Russian police were beaten to death, Baku says
Azerbaijani men arrested by Russian police were beaten to death, Baku says BAKU - Post-mortems conducted in Baku on two Azerbaijani men who died last week after they were arrested by Russian police show that they were beaten to death, a state forensic examiner said on Tuesday. The deaths of the men, brothers named Ziyaddin and Huseyn Safarov, have raised diplomatic tensions between Moscow and Baku and led to the tit-for-tat arrests of Russian state media journalists working in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan's ambassador to Russia was summoned to the foreign ministry in Moscow on Tuesday to receive an official protest against Baku's "unfriendly actions" and the "illegal detention" of the journalists. The rift between Russia and Azerbaijan has widened after investigators in Yekaterinburg, a Russian industrial city, conducted scores of raids last week targeting ethnic Azerbaijanis whom they suspected of complicity in historic unsolved crimes, including serial killings. The Safarov brothers died during the raids, in which six people were arrested. Russian investigators initially said Ziyaddin had died of heart failure and did not give a cause for death for Huseyn. The bodies of the men arrived in Baku on Monday evening for forensic examination. Adalat Hasanov, head of forensic examination at Azerbaijan's health ministry, said fresh post-mortems showed the brothers both died of "post-traumatic shock" due to severe beatings. Russian examiners' assertion that Ziyaddin, who was born in 1970, died of heart failure, is a "blatant falsehood," Hasanov told reporters. "During the follow-up examination, we discovered multiple fractures on Ziyaddin's body resulting from beatings. All of his ribs were broken, and a haemorrhage was found on his head, also caused by blunt force trauma," he said. The other brother, Huseyn, born in 1966, also died as a result of beatings, Hasanov said. He said all of the deceased internal organs had been removed during the previous autopsy in Russia, "which may indicate an attempt to conceal the true cause of death." Azerbaijan and Russia have traded barbs since the men's deaths, with Baku accusing Russian police of carrying out extrajudicial killings "on ethnic grounds", an allegation Moscow has rejected. Russian investigators said all the six men arrested held Russian passports. On Monday, police in Baku arrested two journalists working for Sputnik Azerbaijan, the local affiliate of Russian state outlet Rossiya Segodnya, and said it would investigate the agency for illegal funding. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Hindustan Times
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Azerbaijani men arrested by Russian police were beaten to death, Baku says
By Nailia Bagirova and Lucy Papachristou Azerbaijani men arrested by Russian police were beaten to death, Baku says BAKU, - Post-mortems conducted in Baku on two Azerbaijani men who died last week after they were arrested by Russian police show that they were beaten to death, a state forensic examiner said on Tuesday. The deaths of the men, brothers named Ziyaddin and Huseyn Safarov, have raised diplomatic tensions between Moscow and Baku and led to the tit-for-tat arrests of Russian state media journalists working in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan's ambassador to Russia was summoned to the foreign ministry in Moscow on Tuesday to receive an official protest against Baku's "unfriendly actions" and the "illegal detention" of the journalists. The rift between Russia and Azerbaijan has widened after investigators in Yekaterinburg, a Russian industrial city, conducted scores of raids last week targeting ethnic Azerbaijanis whom they suspected of complicity in historic unsolved crimes, including serial killings. The Safarov brothers died during the raids, in which six people were arrested. Russian investigators initially said Ziyaddin had died of heart failure and did not give a cause for death for Huseyn. The bodies of the men arrived in Baku on Monday evening for forensic examination. Adalat Hasanov, head of forensic examination at Azerbaijan's health ministry, said fresh post-mortems showed the brothers both died of "post-traumatic shock" due to severe beatings. Russian examiners' assertion that Ziyaddin, who was born in 1970, died of heart failure, is a "blatant falsehood," Hasanov told reporters. "During the follow-up examination, we discovered multiple fractures on Ziyaddin's body resulting from beatings. All of his ribs were broken, and a haemorrhage was found on his head, also caused by blunt force trauma," he said. The other brother, Huseyn, born in 1966, also died as a result of beatings, Hasanov said. He said all of the deceased internal organs had been removed during the previous autopsy in Russia, "which may indicate an attempt to conceal the true cause of death." Azerbaijan and Russia have traded barbs since the men's deaths, with Baku accusing Russian police of carrying out extrajudicial killings "on ethnic grounds", an allegation Moscow has rejected. Russian investigators said all the six men arrested held Russian passports. On Monday, police in Baku arrested two journalists working for Sputnik Azerbaijan, the local affiliate of Russian state outlet Rossiya Segodnya, and said it would investigate the agency for illegal funding. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
AsiaOne
12 hours ago
- Politics
- AsiaOne
Azerbaijan arrests journalists at Russian state outlet as tensions with Moscow rise, World News
BAKU/MOSCOW — Authorities in Azerbaijan arrested two journalists from the local branch of a Russian state news agency on Monday (June 30) in a move likely to further stoke tensions with Moscow following arrests in Russia of ethnic Azerbaijanis suspected of serious crimes. In a statement, Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry said it had launched an investigation into the outlet, Sputnik Azerbaijan, after raiding its offices earlier on Monday. Russia's RIA state news agency said two staff members — the head of the editorial board and the chief editor — had been detained. Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry published video showing officers leading two men to police vans in handcuffs. Another Russian media outlet, Ruptly, later said one of its editors had been detained after trying to film the police action at the Sputnik offices in Baku. Tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic in the South Caucasus, have risen in recent days after investigators in Yekaterinburg, a Russian industrial city, arrested six people following a slew of raids in connection with historic unsolved crimes, including serial killings. They said they had detained six people, all of whom had Russian passports, but they also said two suspects had died. Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry identified the people as ethnic Azerbaijanis. One of the suspects died of heart failure, Russian investigators said in a statement, and medical tests would reveal the cause of death of another suspect. The bodies of the suspects are expected to arrive in Baku by plane on Monday evening for expert examination. Baku has accused the Russian police of carrying out extrajudicial killings "on ethnic grounds", an allegation Moscow has rejected. Earlier on Monday, as the raid on Sputnik Azerbaijan was under way, Russia summoned Azerbaijan's ambassador to Moscow over what it described as Baku's "unfriendly actions" and the "illegal detention" of Russian journalists working in the country. Police in Baku said they would investigate Sputnik Azerbaijan over illegal funding. Journalists led away 'like terrorists' In February, the government shuttered the outlet, which is an affiliate of Russian state media agency Rossiya Segodnya, but it has continued to operate with fewer staff. The General Director of Rossiya Segodnya, Dmitry Kiselev, said Sputnik and Azerbaijani officials had been trying to clinch a temporary agreement allowing Sputnik to keep working in Baku. Russia, he wrote on the Telegram messaging app, was shocked at the actions of Azerbaijani security officials leading staff members away "with their arms twisted and their heads bowed, as though they were terrorists". "This all looks like a deliberate step aimed at worsening relations between our countries," he wrote. Azerbaijan's parliament has pulled out of planned bilateral talks in Moscow amid the recent controversy and cancelled a visit by a Russian deputy prime minister. On Sunday, Azerbaijan's Cultural Ministry said it was also cancelling cultural events planned by Russian state and private organisations due to "targeted and extrajudicial killings and acts of violence committed by Russian law enforcement agencies." Asked about the Culture Ministry's decision, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday: "We sincerely regret such decisions." "We believe that everything that's happening (in Yekaterinburg) is related to the work of law enforcement agencies, and this cannot and should not be a reason for such a reaction," Peskov told reporters. [[nid:714283]]
Business Recorder
13 hours ago
- Politics
- Business Recorder
Azerbaijan arrests journalists at Russian state outlet
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. In a statement, Azerbaijan's interior ministry said it had launched an investigation into the outlet, Sputnik Azerbaijan, after raiding its offices earlier on Monday. Russia's RIA state news agency said two staff members - the head of the editorial board and the chief editor - had been detained. Azerbaijan's interior ministry published video showing officers leading two men to police vans in handcuffs. Tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic in the South Caucasus, have risen in recent days after investigators in Yekaterinburg, a Russian industrial city, arrested six people following a slew of raids in connection with historic unsolved crimes, including serial killings. They said they had detained six people, all of whom had Russian passports, but they also said two suspects had died. Azerbaijan's foreign ministry identified the people as ethnic Azerbaijanis. One of the suspects died of heart failure, Russian investigators said in a statement, and medical tests would reveal the cause of death of another suspect. The bodies of the suspects are expected to arrive in Baku by plane on Monday evening for expert examination. Baku has accused the Russian police of carrying out extrajudicial killings 'on ethnic grounds', an allegation Moscow has rejected. Earlier on Monday, as the raid on Sputnik Azerbaijan was underway, Russia summoned Azerbaijan's ambassador to Moscow over what it described as Baku's 'unfriendly actions' and the 'illegal detention' of Russian journalists working in the country. Police in Baku said they would investigate Sputnik Azerbaijan over illegal funding.
