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Azerbaijani and Russian Investigators in ‘Constant Contact’ Amid Diplomatic Crisis
The Moscow Times
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July 2, 2025
The Kremlin said Wednesday that Russia’s top investigative official is in regular contact with Azerbaijan’s prosecutor general as tensions rise over the arrests of each country's citizens in recent weeks. “Chairman of the Investigative Committee...
Azerbaijani media releases ‘evidence’ of Russia shooting down AZAL plane amidst rising tensions
Open Caucasus Media
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July 2, 2025
On Tuesday, the pro-government Azerbaijani media outlet Minval released purported recordings of Russian officer Dmitry Paliduchuk receiving orders to open fire on the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan in December 2024,...
Baku summons Russian envoy, lodges protest over unfriendly actions
News.Az
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Russian Ambassador to Baku Mikhail Yevdokimov was summoned to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. During the meeting with Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov, Ambassador Evdokimov was presented with a formal protest concerning...
Culture Ministry launches playwriting competition
AzerNews
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July 2, 2025
The Culture Ministry is pleased to announce "From Victory to Pen" playwriting competition, organized in partnership with the Azerbaijan Theater Workers Union, Azernews reports. The competition is held on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of...
Azerbaijan to step up efforts in prosecuting all guilty parties in Yekaterinburg crimes
News.Az
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To ensure an objective investigation of the committed crime in Russia’s Yekaterinburg city and to identify and hold all guilty parties criminally accountable, Azerbaijan will intensify its efforts by establishing mutual contact with Russia’s...
® Azercell and Azerbaijan Judo Federation’s social project “This is the Way” wins international recognition
Azertag
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July 2, 2025
Campaign named a finalist in four categories and awarded two medals at the prestigious advertising festival The social initiative “This is the Way”, a joint project by Azercell Telecom LLC and the Azerbaijan Judo Federation, received high honors...
Azerbaijan's Education Ministry calls for caution regarding circulated reports on Russian-language education
APA
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Yesterday, on social media accounts and some media outlets, news circulated under the title of an "official notice" about the suspension of Russian-language education in secondary schools and higher education institutions, APA reports. In response...
Azerbaijan, Pakistan ink MoU on youth cooperation
Azertag
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July 2, 2025
Aghdam, July 2, AZERTAC Farid Gayibov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Youth and Sports, and Syeda Amnah Batool, Focal Person for the Pakistani Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of youth as...
Victims of Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani territories testify in court
Azertag
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July 7, 2025
Baku, July 7, AZERTAC On July 7, open court proceedings continued at the Baku Military Court in the case against citizens of the Republic of Armenia - Arayik Harutyunyan, Arkadi Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, Davit Ishkhanyan, David Babayan, Levon...
ADA University hosts 9th meeting of Azerbaijani diplomatic service bodies
Azertag
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July 7, 2025
Baku, July 7, AZERTAC On July 7, ADA University hosted the 9th meeting of the Azerbaijani diplomatic service bodies, held under the theme “Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy After the Restoration of Sovereignty: Priorities and Challenges.” Opening...
Azerbaijan jails Sputnik executives amid escalating tensions with Russia
Euronews
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July 1, 2025
Published on 01/07/2025 - 18:10 GMT+2 The executive director and editor-in-chief of Russia's state-run news agency Sputnik in Azerbaijan have been sentenced to four months in prison on Tuesday, following a Baku police raid of the Russian state...
Azerbaijan presents a note verbale of protest to Russia regarding the murder of its compatriots
Azertag
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July 1, 2025
Baku, July 1, AZERTAC “First of all, during the meeting of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation Rahman Mustafayev at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 1 July, a note...
OIC Journal highlights ICESCO field mission in Azerbaijani liberated territories
Azertag
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July 7, 2025
Baku, July 7, AZERTAC The latest edition of the Journal of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has published an article highlighting the second technical field mission of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
Azerbaijan slams Russia's special rep. Shvydkoy’s remarks on cancelled cultural events as biased and unacceptable
AzerNews
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July 1, 2025
Azerbaijan has strongly criticized recent remarks by Mikhail Shvydkoy, the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation, regarding the cancellation of Russian cultural events in...
Russia-Azerbaijan Tensions Escalate to Unprecedented Level
The Jamestown Foundation
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Executive Summary: A Russian raid in Ekaterinburg targeting ethnic Azerbaijanis on June 27 resulted in deaths, injuries, and allegations of torture. This ignited a severe diplomatic crisis, with Baku accusing Moscow of ethnic violence and...
Baku-Moscow relations continue to sour after death of 2 Azeris in custody
I24 News
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Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan continued to sour on Tuesday after Azeri brothers died in Russian custody. Officials in Azerbaijan said post-mortem reports indicate that the brothers were beaten to death, while Russia has stated that one...
Systemic Repression and Xenophobia: Russia’s Domestic War Fuels Its Rift with Azerbaijan
Insight News Media
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July 7, 2025
The deaths of two Azerbaijani citizens in Russia have triggered a diplomatic rift. But at the heart of the crisis lies a deeper truth: Russia’s ethnic repression and xenophobia are fracturing its alliances. The Kremlin’s assault on Azerbaijanis...
Azerbaijan Launches Murder Probe After Autopsy Finds Brothers Died From Beatings in Russian Police Custody
The Moscow Times
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July 1, 2025
Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General’s Office on Tuesday launched a criminal investigation into what it called the “cruel and deliberate murder” of two Azerbaijani citizens during a police raid in Russia, after autopsy results showed they died from...
Azerbaijan detains 7 linked to a Russian media outlet as a rift between Baku and Moscow deepens
WTOP - District Columbia
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July 1, 2025
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Seven people linked to a Kremlin-funded media outlet in Azerbaijan’s capital have been detained after a… BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Seven people linked to a Kremlin-funded media outlet in Azerbaijan’s capital have been...
Baku initiates criminal case over death of Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg
TASS
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July 1, 2025
BAKU, July 1 /TASS/. Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal case into the deaths of two individuals who were allegedly killed during a police raid on Monday. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the case has been filed...