INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
An Azerbaijani-born MMA fighter said Russian authorities revoked his citizenship, the latest fallout from a growing diplomatic row between
Moscow and Baku.Javid Rzaev, 30, told the RBC news outlet that he was informed of the decision by an FSB security officer in the southern
Saratov region.Pro-Kremlin media published a video on Wednesday purporting to show the moment Rzaev was told his Russian passport was being
the decision within 30 days.Rzaev is currently serving a two-year corrective labor sentence over a nightclub altercation
He was convicted of aggravated assault in April for attacking a DJ in November 2024.The Russian Boxing Federation banned Rzaev for life last
denaturalization came amid an all-time low in relations between Russia and Azerbaijan following the deaths of two Azerbaijani men during
accusing Russian law enforcement officers of torture
in apparent retaliation, while Russian authorities have jailed six ethnic Azerbaijani men in connection with a murder investigation in
Yekaterinburg.Earlier this month, the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg had his Russian citizenship revoked and was deported
