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Yekaterinburg Court Places 6 Azerbaijanis in Pre-Trial Detention Amid Cold-Case Probe

Summary by The Moscow Times
A court in the city of Yekaterinburg on Wednesday placed six ethnic Azerbaijani men in pre-trial detention over a decades-old murder case, days after the deaths of two Azerbaijani detainees in Russian custody sparked a bitter diplomatic row between Moscow and Baku.

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Russia and Azerbaijan have clashed violently: on Sunday, several Azerbaijanis were arrested in Yekaterinburg, allegedly due to long-time murders.

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At the end of June, in Yekaterinburg, several representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora were detained in a murder case in 2001-2011.

A deadly Russian police raid on a suspected Azerbaijani crime ring has sparked a major diplomatic row between the two nations. Relations between Moscow and Baku have rapidly deteriorated following a Russian police raid on a suspected ethnic organized crime gang, which left two suspects dead. Baku has retaliated by taking hostile steps, targeting Russian journalists and artists and arresting a group of its citizens it has branded a “crime ring.” …

Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in connection with the murder of citizens in Yekaterinburg. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador Mikhail Evdokimov, expressing its protest over the deaths of Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg. Baku demands an objective investigation and punishment of the guilty, denying accusations of interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation.

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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The Moscow Times broke the news in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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