Moscow opposes extradition of the blogger Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan , insisting on the inadmissibility of extradition of Russian citizens to third countries, said on Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. "We consistently insist that the extradition of Russian citizens to third countries is unacceptable, and in order to bring our position on this issue, we provide intensive contacts with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, the competent authorities of that country," she said at a briefing on Friday.
In mid-December 2016 Lapshin wrote that he was detained in Minsk at the request of Azerbaijan, where he was included in the "black list" for a visiting Karabakh without the consent of Baku. Such persons are denied entry to Azerbaijan. However, in June 2015, Lapshin entered Azerbaijan through Georgia with the Ukrainian passport. After that Azerbaijan has announced a blogger in the international search for the violation of the law "On State Border" and immigration Code. -02D-
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On the evening of February 5, it was reported that journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi had been arrested. She had been a presenter on the Toplum TV channel for several years. After a criminal case was initiated against the channel in March 2024 and nearly all of its staff were arrested, Beylargizi was questioned multiple times. According to relatives, the police conducted a search of her apartment.
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By a presidential decree dated February 5, Mukhtar Babaev has been appointed the presidential representative for climate issues.
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On February 5, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated 1 million US dollars to purchase and send electrical equipment, manufactured in Azerbaijan, to Ukraine.
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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