10.10.2025, 11:24
The Russian journalist detained in Baku was released
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS Igor Kartavykh, the head of the editorial office of the Russian Sputnik Azerbaijan agency, was released in Baku. This is reported by Kommersant with reference to Yuri Ushakov, Assistant to the President of Russia for International Affairs.
The decision to release the journalist was made on the eve of a meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev. It is noted that the Russian side also released one of the Azerbaijani citizens detained in the territory of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, Dmitry Kiselyov, CEO of the Rossiya Segodnya media group, called for the release of Sputnik Azerbaijan journalists detained in Baku. He stressed that he considers unacceptable the imprisonment of media employees, whose work "has never had any questions."
On June 30, the police came to the office of the Sputnik Azerbaijan agency. Law enforcement officers detained Kartavykh and editor-in-chief Evgeny Belousov. The journalists were accused of illegal entrepreneurship and fraud and sentenced to four months in pre-trial detention.
The decision to release the journalist was made on the eve of a meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev. It is noted that the Russian side also released one of the Azerbaijani citizens detained in the territory of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, Dmitry Kiselyov, CEO of the Rossiya Segodnya media group, called for the release of Sputnik Azerbaijan journalists detained in Baku. He stressed that he considers unacceptable the imprisonment of media employees, whose work "has never had any questions."
On June 30, the police came to the office of the Sputnik Azerbaijan agency. Law enforcement officers detained Kartavykh and editor-in-chief Evgeny Belousov. The journalists were accused of illegal entrepreneurship and fraud and sentenced to four months in pre-trial detention.
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