Baku has arrested the head editors of Sputnik Azerbaijan news agency
Authorities in Baku have detained the head editors of Russian news agency Sputnik after conducting searches at the outlet’s office on Monday. The arrests come amid escalating tensions between the two countries, following a Russian police crackdown on suspected Azerbaijani gangs.
The agency has confirmed that the head of the editorial office Igor Kartavykh and Editor-in-Chief Evgeny Belousov were detained during the raid. According to local media reports, the journalists have been accused of being agents of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Sputnik has described the allegations as “absurd.”
The Azerbaijani Interior Ministry has confirmed the raid on the Russian outlet, promising to provide further details shortly.
“The agency’s accreditation was suspended in February 2025. However, we received a tip that the agency continued to operate through illegal financing. There are detainees,” the ministry stated.
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