Baku handed over to Russia "evidence of murder" of Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg

Azerbaijan has handed over to the Investigative Committee of Russia "evidence of torture and murder of two Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg," said a person on a visit to Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan Kamran Aliyev in Ankara.

The Prosecutor General stressed that the Investigative Committee of Russia is conducting a separate investigation into the "facts of torture" of Azerbaijani citizens in Yekaterinburg.

"We have opened a criminal case on the fact of violence against Azerbaijanis. As you know, we maintain regular contacts with the Russian side — both with the Investigative Committee and with The Prosecutor General's Office. The Russian side states that the victims are citizens of their country, but I would like to remind you that Azerbaijan does not recognize dual citizenship. We consider them citizens of Azerbaijan. In this regard, we conducted the necessary examinations, which, unfortunately, confirmed the fact of death as a result of torture, beatings and grievous bodily harm," the Report quotes Aliyev.

The head of the department stressed that Azerbaijan continues to investigate these cases and handed over all the evidence collected to the Investigative Committee of Russia.

"The Russian side informed me that the Investigative Committee is conducting a separate investigation into the facts of violence. We hope that the criminal case on this issue will yield results," the Prosecutor General added.

As EADaily reported, two Russian citizens, the Safarov brothers, died after raids conducted in Yekaterinburg against an ethnic group. At the same time, Baku is confident that a "premeditated murder" was committed, the Azerbaijani authorities launched a Russophobic campaign, in particular, canceled all cultural events through Russia, and also refuse to attend political and economic events in Azerbaijan. Russia.