Executives of Sputnik Azerbaijan were sentenced to four months in prison following a police raid revealing allegations of fraud and illegal activities. Evidence pointed to the detention of FSB agents during this operation. The crackdown follows a period of escalating tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia, exacerbated by recent raids where over 50 Azerbaijanis were detained in Yekaterinburg, leading to civilian casualties. Reports emerged detailing claims of abusive interrogation techniques and the investigation of the deaths, which forensic experts attributed to blunt force trauma rather than gunfire, increasing scrutiny of the actions taken by Russian authorities.
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 following a Baku police raid.
Azerbaijan's authorities reported the executives were found guilty of fraud, illegal entrepreneurship and the legalisation of property obtained by criminal means.
The tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia escalated due to the detention of over 50 Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg by the Russian Federal Security Service.
Forensic experts revealed that the Azerbaijani citizens killed during the Russian raids died from blunt force trauma, raising significant questions.
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