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A Russian citizen was sentenced in Azerbaijan

Beaten during detention in Baku Russian IT specialists. Photo: Alexander Semchenko / Telegram

A court in Azerbaijan sentenced Russian citizen Alexander Vaisero to four years in a penal colony on charges of money laundering.

According to the version of the Azerbaijani investigation, the man detained with seven other Russians in the summer of 2025 acted as part of an organized group by prior agreement. He allegedly legalized 427.7 thousand dollars.

The prosecution demanded five years of imprisonment for the Russian citizen, the court sentenced him to four years.

EADaily reported that on July 1, 2025 in Baku detained and placed under arrest eight Russian citizens accused of drug transit from Iran, online trafficking in prohibited substances and cyber fraud.

According to Vaisero's mother, her son was leaving for Baku is like a tourist. The media wrote that local lawyers refused to work with Russians for political reasons, Baku denied this.

Arrests of Russians in Baku was produced after the Representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora, citizens of Russia, were detained in Yekaterinburg on charges of murders committed in the 2000s.

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