The Kremlin loses the role of mediator: what is known about the exacerbation of the conflict of Azerbaijan from the Russian Federation
As a result of the events of the last days, Moscow and Baku's relations have deteriorated sharply. Countries mutually abolish visits and measures, and Kiev expresses support for the Azerbaijani people and indicates that the Kremlin is losing control in the South Caucasus. Focus tells why the conflict of Azerbaijan with the Russian Federation has exacerbated and what is happening between countries. On June 27, citizens of Azerbaijani origin were detained in the Russian Yekaterinburg.
Two of them - the brothers Ziadin and Husein Safarova - were killed from the injuries during the raid. Omon of Ziaddin and Husein were tortured, the brother of the victims - Sifeddin Safarov said. Russian media wrote that more than 50 ethnic Azerbaijanis were delivered to the police in Yekaterinburg, including those involved in the murder in 2001, 2010 and 2011. On the evening of July 1, the Russian Federation also arrested the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg Shahina Shikhlinsky.
On July 2, the media reported that he had been released. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova stated that after the death of the Azerbaijanis to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan was summoned by a representative of Russia Petro Volokov. Azerbaijanis canceled the performances of all Russian artists and joint events with the Russian year.
The visit of the deputy head of the Russian government Alexei Overchuk was also abolished, scheduled for the end of June. The Azerbaijan State Agency, meanwhile, condemned the Kremlin's internal policy and compared the Russian Federation with Nazi Germany, and the Prosecutor General's Office accused the Russian Federation of violation of international law.
On June 30, more than 10 employees of the Russian edition of Sputnik, the Azerbaijani Unit of the Russian Propagandist, Margarita Simonian - on suspicion of illegal financing, were detained in Baku. In addition, Russian citizens were reported in the Azerbaijani capital on suspicion of drug transit from Iran. The court arrested them for 4 months.
Commenting on the detention, the spokesman of the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry, Aikhan Gadzzhizad, said that, unlike Russia's actions, the measures of their security forces were "quite legitimate". The deputy of the Azerbaijani Parliament, Rasim Musabekov, reported the suspension of negotiations with the Russian Federation on a number of major economic agreements.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova recommended Russian citizens in Azerbaijan or plan a trip there, to consider current circumstances. The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that there is no telephone conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in the plans of Russian President Vladimir Putin with President of Azerbaijan.
On July 1, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky reported that he had a telephone conversation with Ilham Aliyev, expressed his support in the situation with force detentions of representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora in the Russian Federation and expressed his condolences in connection with the assassination of the Safarov brothers.
The head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, in turn, said that the Kremlin loses control and role of the mediator in the Caucasus between Azerbaijan and Armenia, having confront the both countries. We will remind, on July 1, the Azerbaijani edition of Minval. AZ published an anonymous letter with an explanatory note of the Russian air defense captain, which states that the fire on the passenger aircraft "Azerbaijani Airlines" Azal Embraer E190 was on subordination.