Russia, Azerbaijan Conflict

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🇷🇺🇦🇿 A raid was carried out today in Yekaterinburg, where Shahin Shikhlinsky, head of the “Azerbaijan-Ural” organization, was detained, according to local channels.

“Azerbaijan-Ural” is a prominent Azerbaijani diaspora group in Russia’s Urals region—active in cultural events, business networking, and maintaining close ties with Azerbaijani state and consular officials.

🇷🇺🇦🇿 The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Azerbaijani Ambassador to Moscow.

He provided explanations to Russia’s Foreign Ministry regarding the raid on Sputnik Azerbaijan, according to MFA spokesman Aykhan Hajizade.

Hajizade claimed the actions of law enforcement “fully complied with national laws and international obligations.” He added that the ambassador stressed there was “no reason for dissatisfaction from the Russian side.”

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1940091905699913886

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🇷🇺🇦🇿 Footage shows Russian nationals visibly beaten while in a courtroom, following their detention by Azerbaijani authorities.

Playing with fire now.....

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1940107004053528683

[Ravenlocke]

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Also, my theory is, the Azeris are probably going to charge them all, including the Sputnik journalists, with espionage/terrorism, and exchange them for the Azeri spies Russian authorities are currently arresting.


Most of the Russian citizens the Azeris arrested, beat up & humiliated on camera - as "payback" for Russia arresting mobsters - appear to be random IT guys who fled Russia to the nearest random country after the SMO started.

https://x.com/RWApodcast/status/1940121085036642790

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RT:

Russians appear bruised and BLOODY in Azerbaijan court

Baku authorities rounded up a large group, four placed under arrest for 4 months

Accused of cybercrime and drug offenses, but roundup came after Russian journalists also detained


https://x.com/RT_com/status/1940119854402740716

[Ravenlocke]

Zelensky has already called Azerbaijan president Aliyev to express support for fending off the "Russian threat."

Perhaps Pashinyan is on line 2, waiting his turn.

https://x.com/M_Simonyan/status/1940073119496249853

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BRICS Journalists Association appeals to UNESCO over illegal detention of Russian journalists in Azerbaijan

Sputnik has obtained the appeal document 👇

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1939951979129704556

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Videos of the detained by Azerbaijan Russian journalists. Everyone is beaten and humiliated as much as possible. The video is published by the Azerbaijani media specifically to trigger Moscow.

Aliev continues to provoke the bear.

https://x.com/mazzenilsson/status/1940097924571992179

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‼️🇷🇺🇦🇿 Azerbaijan has now began a crack down on Russian citizens in the country.

9 Russian Sputnik journalists and staffers have been detained with many more in Baku on alleged "espionage and drug possession"

This comes in response to the Russian FSB raid Azeri drug mafias in Yekaterinburg. A case which took 20yrs but Azerbaijan claims Russia is attacking it's citizens and Russia is being Islamophobic.

No proof has been provided to why Russians are being detained instead we are provided with a slop video from the low IQ officials in Baku on their great raid on civilians. Almost like Hollywood helped them make this crap.

There's no justification for such aggression. When we react the west will call us the aggressors. I urge the Azerbaijani government act carefully and not become another throw away proxy.

https://x.com/Alex_Oloyede2/status/1940036277983904150

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After ethnic Azeri suspects died during apparently violent police raids in a Russian city, Azerbaijan has lashed out at Russia amid a diplomatic storm.

We look at how the deaths could lead to a shift in relations in the South Caucasus region http://aje.io/znlcsj

https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/1940063232661631341

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‼️🇷🇺 Baku Hostages
On new arrests of Russians in #Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan continues to replenish the potential exchange fund by capturing hostages. Today, 7 more #Russian citizens were detained in Baku. Previously, employees of Sputnik and a journalist from the Ruptly video agency had already been detained.

According to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs, the detainees are representatives of two organized crime groups engaged in online fraud and drug transit from Iran, but no evidence has been provided. The published footage shows that the Russians have signs of beatings, and the security forces treat them with demonstrative cruelty. Moreover, among the detainees are hardly representatives of organized crime groups, but rather relocators running businesses abroad.

The ongoing demonstrative campaign to take our compatriots hostage is nothing more than a continuing provocation demonstrating Azerbaijan's true attitude towards Russia.

And the possible presence of tourists among the detainees will make many wonder whether it is worth going to a state with not the most friendly policy, which is also prone to violations of the rights of Russians?

❗️Today, the protection of criminals is a priority for the Azerbaijani authorities, and they are ready to resort to the capture of civilians and other gangster methods to save their criminals from deserved punishments.

📌The escalation of the situation by Baku is the best moment to start a tough debriefing with the entrenched Azerbaijani organized crime groups within Russia, due to whose criminal actions the current crisis is unfolding.
#Azerbaijan #Russia

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1940069077999145084

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🇷🇺 State Duma Deputy Lugovoy:

"If Baku has decided that we should apologize for bringing order to our own house, let them forget about it. Russia doesn't grovel! There will be no untouchable diasporas in Russia working for foreign interests."

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1940143725415370871

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The Russian Foreign Ministry has lodged a protest with the Azerbaijani ambassador over Baku’s unfriendly actions aimed at undermining relations with Russia, the ministry said in a statement:
https://vk.cc/cNjWzL

https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1940028915482783793

https://tass.com/politics/1984087

Diasporas cannot dictate rules to state — MP

"Everyone will live according to Russian laws, those who disagree with this will continue their lives in the institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service," Andrey Klishas said

MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. Ethnic diasporas cannot dictate their rules to the state, Russian citizens must abide by law, Andrey Klishas, chairman of the Federation Council’s Committee on State Construction, said.

"No diasporas can dictate their rules to the Russian state and our citizens. Everyone will live according to Russian laws, those who disagree with this will continue their lives in the institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service," Klishas said on Telegram.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee said that the law enforcement agencies had stopped activities of an ethnic group on June 27. According to the investigators, the defendants are involved in several murders and attempted murders committed in Yekaterinburg in 2001, 2010 and 2011. According to the Investigative Committee, six Russian citizens were detained as part of the investigation of the case. According to preliminary data, one of the defendants died from heart failure. The cause of death of the second is being established.

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Secret Summit in Baku: Global freemasons gather behind closed doors

Yesterday, high-ranking Freemasons from around the world convened in Azerbaijan for a clandestine meeting of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons – hosted by Baku’s "friendly and brotherly" regime.

While the agenda remains officially undisclosed, sources suggest key topics included:

♦️ NATO’s creeping expansion into the South Caucasus & Central Asia (targeting Iran & Russia)

♦️ Israel’s strikes on Iran & the broader Middle East destabilization plan

♦️ The Zangezur corridor project – a geopolitical tool to isolate Armenia & pressure Russia

♦️ Baku’s recent provocations against Moscow & its strategic implications

https://x.com/GudadzeLevan/status/1940366818104713460

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🇦🇿🇺🇸| Yesterday Freemasons of the world gathered in Baku

They held the Grand Lodge of the Freemasons of the world in the “friendly and brotherly” country of Azerbaijan.

The content of the meeting is undisclosed. But it is certain that topics such as the expansion of NATO into the South Caucasus and Central Asia with the aim of weakening Iran and Russia, Israel’s recent attacks on Iran, and the creation of the fake Zangezur corridor alongside Baku’s recent provocations against Russia were discussed.

https://x.com/AryJeay/status/1940315612095386039

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🇦🇿⚔️🇷🇺🇮🇷Azerbaijan: The West’s New Proxy in the Caucasus?

Aliev’s covert alliance with Israel and Ukraine are transforming Azerbaijan into a pivotal anti-Russian/Iranian hub for NATO.

🧵This is how Azerbaijan is destabilizing the region:👇

https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/1940393527147708539

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Azerbaijan: Israel’s Secret Backdoor to Bomb Iran

🔸Israeli fuel tanks found in Iran’s Ramsar point to strikes launched via Azerbaijan—a direct 100 km path to Tehran.

🔸Ex-Iran envoy admits Israel used Azeri airspace for espionage; Tehran downed a drone as a warning.

🔸This route enables major Israeli attacks while bypassing Iran’s western defenses.

Mossad’s Baku Hub

🔸Mossad runs an Azeri base, swapping weapons for Iran access—used to smuggle stolen nuclear docs (2018).

🔸90+ Azeri cargo flights to Israel (2020–23), likely hauling spy gear/arms.

🔸Azeri embassy opens in Tel Aviv; Israel touts "united front vs Iran," sparking Tehran’s fury.

https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/1940393535133638710

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⛽️ Fueling Israel’s War Machine

Azerbaijan supplies over half of Israel’s oil imports, financing Baku’s military buildup.

Hybrid Warfare:

🔸Funds separatists in Iranian Azerbaijan.

🔸Hosts US evangelicals pushing regime change in Iran

Azerbaijan’s Plots Against Russia

Russia dismantled an Azerbaijani criminal network in Yekaterinburg linked to murders (2001–2011), drug trafficking, and terrorism.

The crackdown followed Azerbaijan’s arrest of Russian journalists and the brutal beating of tourists—filmed and falsely labeled as "criminals."

https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/1940393542536561136

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Ukraine-Azerbaijan Axis

🔸In July, Zelensky thanked Aliyev for "supporting Ukraine," accusing Russia of "threatening Azerbaijan."

🔸Since 2022 Aliyev send $40M in energy aid (transformers, generators) to Ukraine

🔸Aliyev compared Ukraine’s war to Karabakh, condemning territorial concessions as “unfair”.

But, Why AZERBAIJAN is so important for the West?

⚡️Energy Alternative:

Azerbaijan’s Southern Gas Corridor pumps Caspian gas directly to Europe, reducing EU dependence on Russia. With Brussels pushing to cut Russian energy.

https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/1940393550182838728

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🗺 The Zangezur Corridor: NATO’s Dream

Azerbaijan’s control of Zangezur would:

🔸Cut off Iran from Armenia

🔸Create a NATO route bypassing Russia/Iran

🔸Encircle Russia’s Caucasus flank

🪖Azerbaijan: NATO’s Forward Base

Baku hosts:

🔸Israeli Drones: Tested in Karabakh (2020) and deployed near Iranian borders

🔸CIA/Mossad ops for Caucasus destabilization

🔸Turkish jihadist camps (Syrian mercenaries)

https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/1940393560446214244

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Conclusion: A Proxy in the Making

Azerbaijan is morphing into a Western pawn, threatening regional stability. With energy leverage, NATO ties, provocations to Russia & Iran, and destroying diplomacy with Armenia.

Baku risks becoming Asia’s next Ukraine.

https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/1940393564355322137

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🇷🇺 RUSSIA TO AZERBAIJAN: TIME TO RESTORE STRATEGIC TIES

Moscow has urged Baku to return relations to the level of the strategic alliance outlined in official agreements, MFA Spox Maria Zakharova has said.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1940412652150493603

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Allow me to explain: Pashinyan surrendered Artsakh to form an anti-Russian alliance with Turkey, Azerbaijan and the EU.

Which means Pashinyan sent 5000 Armenians to their death and helped ethnically cleanse 120,000 Arnenians for geopolitics and trade routes

https://x.com/KevorkAlmassian/status...63965382762660

[Jaak]

Im not a big fan of Azerbaijan. In soviet union it was common practice to send people who got drafted to army to serve as far as possible from their home country. Estonians got sent to Chinese border and many from Azerbaijan were doing their military time in Estonia. After soviet union collapsed they largely remained here and 30 years later their mafia is still active here .

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The Russian embassy in Baku has confirmed that the Russians recently detained in Azerbaijan have been granted consular assistance:
https://vk.cc/cNnIZT

https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1940770843610538292

https://tass.com/politics/1985015?ut...m_social_share

Russians detained in Azerbaijan granted consular access, Russian Embassy in Baku confirms

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS that consular staff had agreed on access to 13 Russian citizens detained in Azerbaijan
BAKU, July 3. /TASS/. The Russian embassy in Baku has confirmed that the Russians recently detained in Azerbaijan have been granted consular assistance.

"Consular access has been granted," the diplomatic mission said, but did not elaborate.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS that consular staff had agreed on access to 13 Russian citizens detained in Azerbaijan.

On June 28, the Investigative Committee’s branch for the Sverdlovsk region said it had suppressed a group involved in several murders committed in Yekaterinburg in the early 2000s. Eight defendants were taken into custody.

According to preliminary data, one of the defendants died from heart failure. The cause of death of the second person is being established. Their bodies were taken from Yekaterinburg to Baku, which said that a forensic medical examination detected signs of violence and protested to Russia.

Azerbaijan cancelled events with Russian participation, Russian journalists Igor Kartavykh and Yevgeny Belousov, and other Russian citizens were detained. Azerbaijan and Russia exchanged notes of protest, and diplomats were called in to the Foreign Ministries.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇦🇿 One of the most influential Azerbaijani criminal authorities — Vagif Suleymanov — has been detained in Moscow.

The 59-year-old Suleymanov is already in the Sakharovo detention center, where he will be deported to Azerbaijan in three months, according to media reports.
- RVvoenkor

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1940830625285685526

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Posting the following here, if it belongs elsewhere Mods please remove, Thank you.

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🔴 Unusual:
The U.S. Embassy in Baku has urged all American citizens to leave Azerbaijan immediately, without stating a reason.

No response yet from Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry. Experts warn such alerts often precede major escalations — possibly linked to rising tensions with Moscow.

❓What is the U.S. preparing for?

https://x.com/SilentlySirs/status/1941130798486171791

The above may be false,


🚨🇺🇸 UPDATE: The U.S. Embassy in Baku has issued a Level 2 advisory, urging American citizens to exercise increased caution amid regional tensions—but has not warned to leave immediately.
#Azerbaijan #USembassy #SafetyAlert #Baku

https://x.com/GallopingMo/status/1941039090469949503

[Rawhide68]

I just landed on the moon

There was a big sign showing Ravenlocke hold your horses.
And on another rock, to put it as the film

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🇷🇺🇦🇿 The head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in the Moscow region is being deported from Russia.

▪️ Elshan Ibragimov has been stripped of Russian citizenship for “actions posing a threat to national security” and is being expelled from the country.
- RVvoenkor

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1943021367651180857