[Russia] - Azerbaijan Launches Murder Probe After Autopsy Finds Brothers Died From Beatings in Russian Police Custody

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Azerbaijans Prosecutor Generals Office on Tuesday released a criminal investigation into what it called the terrible and purposeful murder
of two Azerbaijani people throughout a police raid in Russia, after autopsy outcomes showed they died from extreme injuries sustained in
custody.The victims, recognized as bros Ziyaddin Safarov, 55, and Huseyn Safarov, 60, were amongst 50 people jailed last Friday in the city
of Yekaterinburg.Russian detectives said 6 ethnic Azerbaijani men with Russian citizenship 4 of them with the last name Safarov were
apprehended as part of murder examinations dating back to the early 2000s
They claimed one man had actually died of a cardiovascular disease throughout the raid which the 2nd death remained under investigation.The
two Safarov brothers bodies were flown to Baku on Monday and taken a look at later on that night
Azerbaijani district attorneys said an autopsy showed they passed away from severe blood loss and shock due to extensive physical trauma,
consisting of damaged ribs and internal injuries.A criminal investigation has been introduced ..
concerning the abuse and harsh killing of Azerbaijani people and individuals of Azerbaijani origin in the Russian Federation, the Prosecutor
Generals Office said in a statement.None of the siblings were eliminated with a sharp item or firearm
They were struck with a blunt things, Azerbaijans primary medical inspector Adalat Hasanov told reporters.The occurrence has triggered a
diplomatic disagreement in between Moscow and Baku, with Azerbaijan canceling visits by Russian authorities and cancelling Russian cultural
occasions in the nation
In addition, Azerbaijani law enforcement authorities apprehended and charged at least two Russian state media employees.Russias Foreign
Ministry said it summoned Azerbaijans ambassador over what it called the unlawful detention of Russian journalists.Kremlin spokesperson
Dmitry Peskov informed press reporters on Tuesday that authorities in Moscow were closely following any updates from Baku about the arrest
of the Russian state media employees, which reportedlyincludes 2 editors from Sputnik Azerbaijan.Werehoping that direct talks with the
Azerbaijani side will help us protect the release [of the journalists] as soon as possible, Peskov stated
Such actions against media agents are entirely at odds with widely accepted standards and standards, in addition to with the spirit and
nature of Russian-Azerbaijani relations.Peskov explained Baku as reactingextremely mentally and expressed hope that conversations with
Azerbaijani authorities would help ease stress between the 2 countries.Later on Tuesday, the Azerbaijani news company Report, citing unnamed
sources, reported that police authorities in the South Caucasus nation jailed members of 2 Russian organized criminal groups accused of
cyber crimes and smuggling drugs from Iran.There was no immediate confirmation of those arrests from the authorities, but local news outlets
distributed photos and a video of what was said to be law enforcement representatives in Azerbaijan escorting a group of Russian guys into
an authorities van.Moscow has actually not talked about those reported arrests.