Shorouk Express 
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 29. Another Azerbaijani,
Ayaz Safarov, who was detained as a suspect in Yekaterinburg, was
brought to the courtroom, Trend reports.
13:30 (GMT+4) A court in Russia’s Yekaterinburg
has sentenced Akif Safarov to 22 days of pretrial detention,
Trend reports.
He is listed as a suspect.
12:51 (GMT+4) Another defendant in the case,
Akif Safarov, born in 1963, has been brought to the courtroom,
Trend reports.
Like the other detainees, he is suspected of involvement in
events that took place in Yekaterinburg in the early 2000s.
The investigation is requesting that he be placed in pre-trial
detention. The court hearing is being held behind closed doors.
Preliminary information indicates that Safarov is the director
of the “Caspian” café in Yekaterinburg. He is married and has adult
children.
12:19 (GMT+4) Mazahir Safarov has been remanded
in custody for 22 days as part of the trial of nine Azerbaijanis
who were forcibly detained in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg,
Trend reports.
He and several other Azerbaijanis are accused of contract
killings. Some of them will be sentenced today.
The acting Consul General of Azerbaijan in Yekaterinburg,
Shokhrat Mustafayev, and the chairman of the public organization
“Azerbaijan-Ural”, which heads the Azerbaijani diaspora in
Yekaterinburg, Shahin Shikhlinsky are also participating in the
trial.
On the morning of June 27, officers of the Federal Security
Service of Russia conducted a raid on the homes of Azerbaijanis in
Yekaterinburg. As a result of the operation, two Azerbaijanis – the
brothers of Seyfaddin Huseynli were killed. Several more people
were detained.
