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Straits Times
01-07-2025
- 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
01-07-2025
- 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.
Yahoo
30-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan rise after Kremlin condemns Baku's reaction to arrests
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan rose on Monday after the Kremlin said it disagreed with a decision by Azerbaijan to cancel Russian cultural events in response to the arrest in Russia of ethnic Azerbaijanis suspected of serious crimes. Investigators in the Russian industrial city of Yekaterinburg conducted a slew of raids last week 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. One of the suspects died of heart failure, investigators said in a statement, and medical tests would reveal the cause of death of another suspect. Baku has accused the Russian police of carrying out extrajudicial killings "on ethnic grounds", an allegation Moscow has rejected. On Monday, police in Azerbaijan said they were carrying out raids at the office of Sputnik Azerbaijan, a local affiliate of Russian state media agency Rossiya Segodnya. Russia's charge d'affaires was previously summoned by the Foreign Ministry over what it called the "brutal killings", and Azerbaijan's parliament pulled out of planned bilateral talks in Moscow 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 "the demonstrative 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. It is important to continue working to clarify the reasons and nature of the events that, in the opinion of the Azerbaijani side, caused such steps. "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.
Daily Tribune
21-06-2025
- Business
- Daily Tribune
Bahrain's Al Ayam Newspaper Signs Media Cooperation Deal with Russia's Rossiya Segodnya
===Bahrain's Al Ayam newspaper signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russia's state media group Rossiya Segodnya on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), where Bahrain is participating as the guest of honor this year. The agreement was signed by Sergey Kochetkov, First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Rossiya Segodnya, and Rashid Nabil Al Hamar, Editor-in-Chief of Al Ayam, representing Al Ayam Publishing. The MoU sets the stage for broader collaboration between the two media houses, focusing on content exchange, joint projects, and knowledge-sharing, while also aiming to foster deeper cultural and media understanding between the two countries. Speaking after the signing, Rashid Al Hamar expressed pride in the agreement, calling it 'a milestone that strengthens Bahrain's media presence globally and reflects our genuine interest in building lasting relationships with leading international media institutions.' Sergey Kochetkov added, 'We're pleased to partner with a well-established outlet like Al Ayam. This cooperation will help us better communicate the shared stories and values between our nations and support our journalistic missions.' The deal comes as part of a growing wave of Bahraini-Russian cooperation in both public and private sectors, reflecting the evolving partnership between the two nations.
United News of India
20-06-2025
- Business
- United News of India
Over 60 countries, including N Korea, will attend 10th Eastern Forum: Russian Minister
Moscow, June 20 (UNI) Representatives of more than 60 countries, including North Korea, will take part in the 10th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic Alexey Chekunkov said in an interview with Sputnik at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). "I am convinced that friends from North Korea will also visit the EEF. Overall, we expect no fewer foreign guests than in previous years. These are more than 60 countries, so we are expecting, so to speak, everyone at the EEF. And regarding the key guests, you will learn soon," the minister said. The 10th Eastern Economic Forum will be held in Vladivostok on September 3-6. The Russian city of St. Petersburg is hosting the 28th edition of SPIEF on June 18-21 under the theme of "Shared Values: The Foundation of Growth in a Multipolar World." The Rossiya Segodnya international media group, Sputnik's parent company, is the forum's information partner. UNI SPUTNIK ARN
