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Russia’s Ombudsman ready to aid victims of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova urges her colleagues, Ombudsmen of Azerbaijan and Armenia, to recommend their respective governments to show restraint and take all necessary measures to settle their problems not by force of arms, but through dialogue and negotiations in order to stabilize the current situation.

18:07 29.09.2020

Four alleged participants of Moscow mass ethnic conflicts put in detention

Four persons allegedly involved in the mass inter-ethnic clashes in several Moscow districts have been placed in detention.

13:24 28.07.2020

Russian court to reconsider Azeri opposition blogger deportation case

The St. Petersburg City Court overturned a lower court’s ruling on expulsion of Azeri opposition blogger and Azer Freedom TV journalist Elvin Isayev from Russia.

16:54 10.09.2019

Azerbaijan citizen to stand trial in Russia on falcon smuggling charges

A 41-year-old national of Azerbaijan accused of smuggling rare falcons listed in the Red Book of Russia will go on trial in the Republic of Dagestan.

16:01 03.04.2019

Azerbaijan authorities suspect Russian national of cyber fraud

Russian citizen Pavel Lunin has been arrested in Azerbaijan on suspicion of stealing multimillion sums of money from national banks with the use of information technologies.

15:48 23.05.2018

Azerbaijan extradites defendant in case over attack against Russian soldiers in Chechnya

Azerbaijan has extradited Said-Khusin Takayev, a defendant in a criminal case over activities of an organized criminal group, including an attack against Russian soldiers in Chechnya.

14:59 15.03.2018

President of Azerbaijan pardons Russian-Israeli blogger

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on Monday pardoned Russian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin, who had been sentenced to 3 years in prison for entrance to the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region without official sanction of Baku.

12:03 11.09.2017

Russian-Israeli blogger sentenced to 3 years in prison by Azerbaijan court

The Baku Court on Grave Crimes in Azerbaijan on Thursday sentenced blogger Alexander Lapshin, who has citizenship of Russia and Israel, to 3 years in prison for illegal entrance to the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region. Lapshin has pleaded guilty to the brought charges.

11:40 20.07.2017

Georgia asks Azerbaijan to arrest ex-president Saakashvili

Georgian prosecutor's office filed a request with the Azeri authorities for the arrest and extradition of former president Mikheil Saakashvili.

12:43 29.04.2015

Azerbaijan court gives prison sentences to members of pro-hijab demonstration

A Baku district court on Monday finished hearing the case of an unauthorized demonstration held near the Education Ministry in October 2012 to demand that girls be allowed to wear hijabs to school.

15:18 03.06.2013

Eurovision 2012 terror planners sentenced to long terms

A Baku court for grave offences handed down the ruling to a group of individuals accused of planning terrorist attacks during the international Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

12:47 04.12.2012