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Azerbaijan accuses Russia of ‘unacceptable violence’ over custody deaths
St. Kitts Gazette
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July 1, 2025
In 2001, a man was stabbed to death near a lakeside restaurant in Yekaterinburg, an urban centre in Russia’s Ural Mountains region. With his dying breath, he whispered the names of his alleged killers to the police, local media claimed. The man...
“Azerbaijan Women’s Republican Society” addressed appeal regarding the manifestations of discrimination against Azerbaijanis
APA
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June 30, 2025
“Azerbaijan Women’s Republican Society” has addressed an appeal regarding the manifestations of discrimination against Azerbaijanis, APA reports. The appeal reads: "Dear Ladies, We, the Public Association “Azerbaijan Women’s Republican Society”...
Azerbaijan raids Russian media outlet after citizens killed in Moscow
Sabah
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June 30, 2025
Azerbaijani police raided the offices of the Kremlin-backed media outlet Sputnik in Baku and detained individuals reportedly linked to Russian intelligence, prompting swift diplomatic retaliation from Moscow. Azerbaijani media reported that two...
Türkiye’s emergence as an international education hub
Sabah
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July 8, 2025
Education has always been one of the most powerful tools not only for personal development but also for cultural transmission, social transformation and international interaction. Over the past three decades, rapid advancements in digitalization,...
Azerbaijan detains alleged Russian spies as relations with Moscow nosedive
The Kyiv Independent
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June 30, 2025
Azerbaijani police detained two alleged agents of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) on June 30 following searches at the Baku office of the Russian state-controlled news agency Sputnik, the Azerbaijani news outlet Apa.az reported. The move...
Azerbaijan, Ukraine hold another round of consular consultations
Azertag
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June 30, 2025
Baku, June 30, AZERTAC The seventh round of consular consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine was held in Baku. The consultations were led by Emil Safarov,...
Azerbaijan arrests journalists at Russian state outlet as tensions with Moscow rise
The Straits Times
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June 30, 2025
FILE PHOTO: The Russian flag flies on the dome of the Kremlin Senate building behind Spasskaya Tower in Moscow, Russia June 2, 2025. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo BAKU/MOSCOW - Authorities in Azerbaijan arrested two journalists from the...
Azerbaijan’s Institute of Information Technologies and GEANT implement joint projects
Azertag
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June 30, 2025
Baku, June 30, AZERTAC Academician Rasim Aliguliyev, Director General of the Institute of Information Technology under the Ministry of Science and Education and Vice-President of ANAS, met with Lise Fuhr, Chief Executive Officer of GEANT, on the...
Azerbaijan Arrests 2 Sputnik Journalists After Office Raid As Tensions With Moscow Escalates
News18
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June 30, 2025
Last Updated:July 01, 2025, 00:08 IST Azerbaijan's interior ministry said it had launched an investigation into the outlet, Sputnik Azerbaijan, after raiding its offices earlier on Monday News18Azerbaijan’s interior ministry on Monday arrested two...
Narratives under fire: Azerbaijan pushes back against wartime disinformation
AzerNews
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July 8, 2025
By Elnur Enveroglu and Qabil Asshirov | AzerNEWS The recent 12-day military confrontation between Iran and Israel not only intensified tensions across the Middle East but also reverberated well beyond the region, affecting neighbouring states and...
Azerbaijan cancels Russian Cultural events
Mehr News Agency
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June 30, 2025
The Foreign Ministry in Baku summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires, Pyotr Volokovykh, on Saturday to protest what it called the “brutal killing” of two Azerbaijanis during Friday’s raids. The ministry said several others were seriously injured and...
Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country's ethnic minorities
Akron Legal News
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SHUKRIYA BRADOST Virginia Tech Published: July 9, 2025 (THE CONVERSATION) The 12-day confrontation between Iran and Israel in June 2025 may not have escalated into a full-scale regional war, but it marks a potentially critical turning point in...
Azerbaijan cancels Russian cultural events over deaths of two citizens
Euronews
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By Mihhail Salenkov & Euronews Published on 30/06/2025 - 11:26 GMT+2•Updated 11:26 Azerbaijan has cancelled all cultural events planned by Russian state and private institutions in protest over the deaths of two Azerbaijanis after...
Baku’s relations with Moscow plunge to new lows after alleged police killing of ethnic Azerbaijanis
Open Caucasus Media
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June 30, 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-Russia relations crisis bursts
EUROPE DIPLOMATIC
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June 30, 2025
Porto, Portugal 30.06.2025 In an unprecedented action of protest Porto, Portugal 30.06.2025 Azerbaijan has canceled all cultural events planned by Russian state and private institutions. The decision has been taken in condemnation of the killings...
Azerbaijan has accused Russia of committing violence against Azerbaijanis “based on their ethnic identity”
The Odessa Journal
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The Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan has announced the cancellation of all cultural events organized in the country by Russian state bodies and private individuals. According to the ministry, this decision was prompted by “ethnically motivated...
Azerbaijan raids office of Russia’s media office in new diplomatic rift
The Hindu
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June 30, 2025
Police in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia’s state-funded news outlet Sputnik on Monday (June 30, 2025), local media reported, as tensions rose between the two countries after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during...
Azerbaijan And Ukraine Hold Consular Discussions, Sign Protocol (PHOTO)
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 30. The seventh round of consular discussions between the foreign ministries of Azerbaijan and Ukraine was held in Baku today, a source in the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told Trend . According...
Azerbaijan Detained Two Russian Federal Security Service Officers
Charter 97
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15 Photo: 1news.az They worked in the office of Sputnik Azerbaijan agency. In the course of the operation conducted by the Azerbaijani police in the office of the Sputnik agency (Baku branch of the Russian news agency Rossiya Segodnya), there are...
Azerbaijan Raids Russian News Agency Office
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) The Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan has revealed that it carried out a search operation at the Baku bureau of the Russian media outlet Sputnik. This action follows increasing frictions between the two countries, which intensified after...