Law enforcement agencies of Azerbaijan detained relatives of the leaders of the Lezgian Federal National Cultural Autonomy (FLNCA) of Russia - Arif Kerimov and chairman of the executive committee of autonomy Amil Sarkarov, reads the statement of the Council of FLNCA. Three people were detained, two of them Russian citizens.
One of the detainees is Azerbaijani, Eldar Mamedov, brother of Arif Kerimov’s wife.
The statement said that Mamedov was "kidnapped" in Oguz, and taken to Baku by the employees of the Department to Fight against Drugs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.
Russian citizens, Javid Babayev is Karimov's nephew, and Tariel Sarkarov is the brother of Amil Sarkarov. Javid Babayev was arrested on August 6 in Baku, where he went to visit his parents.
Sarkarov was arrested on August 9 in the village of Gameravan in Gebele region, where he went with his mother to visit his father's grave.
It is significant that detentions have taken place ahead of the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Baku, the statement of the FLNCA reads.
Neither the Embassy of the Russian Federation, nor the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry commented on the detention of these persons.
Recently FLNCA opposed the erection of a monument to Heydar Aliyev in Derbent, and made statements about the violation of rights of Lezghins in Azerbaijan. —06D-
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