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Moscow released an ethnic Azerbaijani, the former director of the Satire Theater, as part of a
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Moscow released an ethnic Azerbaijani, the former director of the Satire Theater, as part of a "swap"
10 October 2025

In response to the transfer of Igor Kartavykh, executive director of the Kremlin-backed publication Sputnik Azerbaijan, from a pretrial detention center to house arrest, Russia released Mamedali Agayev, the former director of the Satire Theater in Moscow.

A participant in the Makhachkala airport riots was sentenced to seven years in prison
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A participant in the Makhachkala airport riots was sentenced to seven years in prison
10 October 2025

Bakhtiyar Radzhabov was sentenced to seven years in prison by a court in the Stavropol Territory for participating in an anti-Israeli pogrom at the Makhachkala airport. He was found guilty of participating in mass riots and violating transport security regulations.

Azerbaijan Releases Russian Journalist from Pretrial Detention
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Azerbaijan Releases Russian Journalist from Pretrial Detention
10 October 2025

Igor Kartavykh, director of the Russian media agency Sputnik Azerbaijan, has been released from pretrial detention in Baku. He is now under house arrest in Baku, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.

Ukraine called Putin's apology to Aliyev an act of capitulation
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Ukraine called Putin's apology to Aliyev an act of capitulation
10 October 2025

By apologizing to Ilham Aliyev at a meeting in Dushanbe for the downing of a passenger plane in 2024, Vladimir Putin effectively capitulated to Azerbaijan, according to Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

A Stavropol schoolgirl received community service for writing
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A Stavropol schoolgirl received community service for writing "Navalny"
9 October 2025

In Stavropol, a 14-year-old schoolgirl was sentenced to 70 hours of community service on charges of vandalism (Part 1 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code) for writing "Navalny" on a bus stop. Her lawyer announced this.

For the first time, Putin acknowledged the involvement of Russian missiles in the downing of the Azerbaijani airliner and blamed Ukraine
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For the first time, Putin acknowledged the involvement of Russian missiles in the downing of the Azerbaijani airliner and blamed Ukraine
9 October 2025

The main topic of the first meeting in a long time between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia in Dushanbe was the investigation into the tragic crash of the Azerbaijani airline AZAL near Aktau.

Russia is seeking the extradition of an anti-war activist from Armenia
Human rights
Russia is seeking the extradition of an anti-war activist from Armenia
9 October 2025

Twenty-nine-year-old Russian artist and anti-war activist Lilia Manyukhina has been held in custody in Armenia for over a month. She was detained on August 30 in Yerevan at the request of Russian authorities. She is currently in a pretrial detention center, awaiting a decision by the migration service on her application for political asylum.

Assets seized again from the
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Assets seized again from the "energy king" of the Caucasus
9 October 2025

Moscow's Gagarinsky District Court upheld the Prosecutor General's Office's claim, forfeiting property associated with Magomed Kaitov, the former head of JSC MRSK North Caucasus.

Moscow hopes for improved relations with Baku
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Moscow hopes for improved relations with Baku
9 October 2025

The Kremlin is expressing optimism ahead of the meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia in Dushanbe.

Armenian authorities have refused to extradite a soldier who fought for Ukraine to Russia
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Armenian authorities have refused to extradite a soldier who fought for Ukraine to Russia
9 October 2025

Georgian citizen Georgiy Kinoyan, previously detained while crossing the Armenian border, has been released from custody. Russian authorities had sought his extradition.