Azerbaijan-Russia Diplomatic Rift Deepens After Deadly Police Raid

Azerbaijan-Russia Diplomatic Rift Deepens After Deadly Police Raid

The deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis amid allegations of torture during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg has quickly escalated into a diplomatic confrontation highlighting difficulties in Moscow's relations with its former Soviet republics.

Two deaths in Russian custody spark row with former ally Azerbaijan

The rift exposes wider geopolitical shifts in the region, as Azerbaijan challenges Moscow's dominant role.

EU ambassador to Azerbaijan condemns inhuman treatment of Azeris in Russia

Russian investigators have admitted two people died while being arrested in a decades-old criminal case; local media say other detainees were severely beaten.

Azerbaijan confirms detentions in raid of Russia’s Sputnik news agency

According to the ministry, it is investigating a tip-off alleging that Sputnik Azerbaijan used "illegal financing" to continue operations after its accreditation was suspended in February 2025

A Russian media outlet is raided in Azerbaijan's capital as tensions rise between Moscow and Baku

Officials say police in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia’s state-funded news outlet Sputnik amid rising tensions between the two countries after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a police raid last week in a Russia...

Azerbaijan detains alleged Russian spies as relations with Moscow nosedive

The move comes amid a major deterioration in Russian-Azerbaijani relations that followed the detention of over 50 people of Azerbaijani origin as part of a murder investigation in Yekaterinburg on June 27.